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Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential.
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Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.
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Enlightenment is eliminating mental confusion, eliminating hatred, jealousy, mental toxins, cravings. That's very simple and straightforward. Whether you can do it or not is another matter.
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The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.
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I got really involved in science research and the science of meditation.
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Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.
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Just be free, and at least you will go through adversity with a stronger mind, and therefore, you'll be less affected, and pain will affect you less.
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The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.
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I don't often get into a bad mood, since it does not help anything and clouds my judgment, but I can certainly see that sometimes things go terribly wrong. We need to understand the reasons for this and work towards building new conditions that will bring about better circumstances.
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Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success
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Genuine fearlessness arises with the confidence that we will be able to gather the inner resources to deal with any situation that comes our way.
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Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
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Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.
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When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.
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Changing your attitude has a curative effect... Maybe you can go directly to a change of mind, a change of attitude.
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The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion
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The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world. Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.
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