Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
AJAHN BRAHMWhen life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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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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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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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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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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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