When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
AJAHN BRAHMUnderstand 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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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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 life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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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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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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