Matthieu Ricard
Matthieu Ricard
Matthieu Ricardis a French writer and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth15 February 1946
CountryFrance
Matthieu Ricard quotes about
buddhism suffering size
What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
mean buddhism ego
True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions.
creativity buddhism names
Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy or inner peace, and however we try to seek it: creativity, justice, altruism, striving, completion of a plan or a piece of work.
buddhism mind suffering
That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
mean buddhism understanding
Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our thoughts and illuminate each one of our perceptions.
mean buddhism suffering
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which makes us take on thousands of less important activities.
buddhism envy suffering
Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success
children lying buddhism
Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious taste of simplicity and deep peace.
lying buddhism roots
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
memories buddhism simplicity
When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.
buddhism suffering
Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
buddhism self long
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.
meditation research science-research
I got really involved in science research and the science of meditation.
profound world way
Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound fulfillment that suffuses every moment and endures despite inevitable setbacks.