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We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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Transformation
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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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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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When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.
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Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
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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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Whatever you train, you change your brain.
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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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Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
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Happiness is the result of inner maturity. It depends on us alone, and requires patient work, carried out from day to day. Happiness must be built, and this requires time and effort. In the long term, happiness and unhappiness are therefore a way of being, or a life skill.
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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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It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
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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 way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.
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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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What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
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Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.
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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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Anyone can be happy by simply training their brain.
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