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The most striking quality that humans and animals have in common is the capacity to experience suffe...

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A Plea for the Animals: The Moral

Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why...

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Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

According to the philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville: The wise man has nothing left to expect or to ho...

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Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefo...

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We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and oft...

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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, ...

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It’s said that the Buddha’s enlightenment is great than that of a traveler setting out, in the same ...

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The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why...

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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers...

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Matthieu Ricard

Monk

Born: 1946-02-15

Died: N/A

Matthieu Ricard (15 February 1946) is a French writer and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. He is also a photographer of the Tibet and the Himalayas, and a translator of numerous Buddhist texts.More