It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
AJAHN BRAHMThe secret of life is… everything is out of control.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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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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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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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 secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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