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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.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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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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If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?
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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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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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