My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.
AJAHN BRAHMWhy seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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