Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
AJAHN BRAHMLife is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. .
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Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires.
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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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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.
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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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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