What are people searching for in life? God. In the christian scriptures, it says ‘Be still and know you are God.’ What is this? You are peace, compassion, truth, Love, freedom. Real love.
AJAHN BRAHMLife is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people’s freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible.
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Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.
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When you have abandoned all past and future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, mindful…the nature of all types of consciousness reveals itself.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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The ability to love yourself so much that you forgive everything and you are at peace with yourself like a mother loves a child, not trying to be someone.
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