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
yoga worry needs
Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.
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.
love-life essentials oneself
To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.
maturity skills long
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.
buddhism suffering
Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
mind clarity moments
Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.
compassion impact meditation
If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to attain results, just like when we train the body... Meditation consists of familiarizing ourselves with a new way of being, of managing our thoughts and the way we perceive the world. Through the recent advances in neuroscience it is now possible to evaluate these methods and to verify their impact on the brain and body.
suffering matter causes
We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
caring building-up giving
Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of others. So it's not just about sitting and cultivating caring mindfulness. It's building up a way of being and then using it for the service of others.
happiness mean healthy
By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion, or a mood, but an optimal state of being. Happiness is also a way of interpreting the world, since while it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.
morning worst-enemy mind
We deal with our mind from morning till evening and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.
tree meditation brain
Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.
yoga desire states
Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.
courage bravery matter
It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.