Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
AJAHN BRAHMComplaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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