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.
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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of 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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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