Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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
-
-
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
AJAHN BRAHM -
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. .
AJAHN BRAHM -
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.
AJAHN BRAHM -
Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
AJAHN BRAHM -
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.
AJAHN BRAHM -
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 BRAHM -
Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
AJAHN BRAHM -
When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
AJAHN BRAHM -
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.
AJAHN BRAHM -
Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
AJAHN BRAHM -
It’s just people being people, the world being the world
AJAHN BRAHM -
Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
AJAHN BRAHM -
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.
AJAHN BRAHM -
Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
AJAHN BRAHM -
When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
AJAHN BRAHM






