Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
AJAHN BRAHMLove, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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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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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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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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