Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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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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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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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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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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