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Anyone can be happy by simply training their brain.
Matthieu Ricard
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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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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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You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work.
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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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In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedom—disturbing thoughts arise and go without leaving a trace. That is basic meditation.
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The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.
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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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A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is I cannot stand it, and that component is enhancing pain so much.
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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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Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy or inner peace, and however we try to seek it: creativity, justice, altruism, striving, completion of a plan or a piece of work.
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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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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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Whatever you train, you change your brain.
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There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion.
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Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others
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Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
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When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.
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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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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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Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!
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Happiness is not the endless pursuit of pleasant experiences - that sounds more like a recipe for exhaustion - but a way of being that results from cultivating a benevolent mind, emotional balance, inner freedom, inner peace, and wisdom. Each of these qualities is a skill that can be enhanced through training the mind.
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