Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
AJAHN BRAHMWhen the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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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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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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