Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
AJAHN BRAHMWhat 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.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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.
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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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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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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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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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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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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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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