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If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and for others.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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Genuine fearlessness arises with the confidence that we will be able to gather the inner resources to deal with any situation that comes our way.
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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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Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success
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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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The basic root of happiness lies in our minds outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
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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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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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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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Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others
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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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If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?
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