Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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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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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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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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