Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
AJAHN BRAHMIf 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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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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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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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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