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. .
AJAHN BRAHMIf you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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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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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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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