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The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb
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Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.
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The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.
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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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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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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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Various studies indicate that with age people gain more wisdom about life and are somehow happier than younger people. This is especially true if, as we age, we learn how to become more generous, altruistic, and peaceful.
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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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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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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.
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We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.
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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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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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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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Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others
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