Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
AJAHN BRAHMIt 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.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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 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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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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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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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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