Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
AJAHN BRAHMMeditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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