If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.
AJAHN BRAHMLove is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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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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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Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.
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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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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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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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’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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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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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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