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 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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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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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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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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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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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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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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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