Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
AJAHN BRAHMWhy seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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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 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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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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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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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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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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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