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.
AJAHN BRAHMHow 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. .
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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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 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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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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 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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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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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, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires.
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