Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
AJAHN BRAHMWhen life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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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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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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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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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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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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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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