Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
AJAHN BRAHMMy 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.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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 life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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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’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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