It’s just people being people, the world being the world
AJAHN BRAHMIt then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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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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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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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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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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