When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
AJAHN BRAHMSilence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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It’s just people being people, the world being 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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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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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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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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