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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.
Matthieu Ricard
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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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The basic root of happiness lies in our minds outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
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To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.
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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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By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness.
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Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.
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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 way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.
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There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of happiness and suffering- that our thoughts and our actions do to ourselves and others.
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We have known about the placebo effect for many years. This is a remarkable effect - placebo can cure 30 percent in many cases.
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If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?
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We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.
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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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We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.
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For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well.
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While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.
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If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and for others.
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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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When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the patients. [These] wonderful caretakers, doctors, and nurses don't get as much burn-out as people who are more defensive of the feelings and suffering of others.
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