Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
AJAHN BRAHMWhen 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.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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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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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 life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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