Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
AJAHN BRAHMEveryone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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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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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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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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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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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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