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.
AJAHN BRAHMEveryone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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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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