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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

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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