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.
AJAHN BRAHMFear is finding fault with the future.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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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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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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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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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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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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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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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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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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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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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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