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
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.
able way anticipation
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.
past way forget
To grant forgiveness to someone who has truly changed is not a way of condoning or forgetting his or her past crimes, but of acknowledging whom he or she has become.
world may way
While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.
quality way our-lives
Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.
way evolution transformation
For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well.
meditation research science-research
I got really involved in science research and the science of meditation.
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.
buddhism suffering size
What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
goal confusion meditation
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
empathy brain suffering
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who feels empathy. Thus, empathic suffering is a true experience of suffering.
pain empathy feelings
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.
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.