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I got really involved in science research and the science of meditation.

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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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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I think if your direction in life is clear and if you develop the wish to accomplish/have a fulfilled life and to contribute something to others, I think that definitely gives you such a strength to want to be alive, that that would be the best placebo.
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It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
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Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.
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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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The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.
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What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
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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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Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.
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We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.
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Whatever you train, you change your brain.
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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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Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate. But you cannot, at the same time - toward the same object, the same person - want to harm and want to do good.
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It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.
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Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
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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 basic root of happiness lies in our minds outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
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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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When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.
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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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