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 BRAHMWhy seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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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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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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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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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 the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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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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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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