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.
AJAHN BRAHMIt’s just people being people, the world being the world
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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