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
beautiful what-matters mind
We do all kinds of things to remain beautiful yet we spend surprisingly little time taking care of what matters most: the way our mind functions.
years patterns mindfulness
No change occurs if we just let our habitual tendencies and automatic patterns of thought perpetuate and even reinforce themselves, thought after thought, day after day, year after year. But those tendencies and patterns can be challenged.
suffering mind translate
Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?
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.
hatred mind negative
Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
mind want looks
If you want to know the future, look at what is in your mind
skills effort mind
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.
past mind looks
At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.
morning worst-enemy mind
We deal with our mind from morning till evening and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.
mind clarity moments
Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.
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.
evil suffering good-and-evil
Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others
love music heart
It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.