Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
AJAHN BRAHMWhen the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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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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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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