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.
AJAHN BRAHMLife is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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 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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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