Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
AJAHN BRAHMOur modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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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 then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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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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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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