Archive du blog pour Matthieu Ricard

Our Attitude toward Death (Part 3) — To be continued

(Radio Canada interview) 

Because they have the notion of a ‟stream of consciousness,” Buddhists see death as a transition, whereas, in the West, death is experienced in a very different way: if at times there are funerals with inspirational moments …

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Our Attitude toward Death (Part 2) — To be continued.

(Radio Canada interview) 

To think about death is a healthy process, which is neither sad nor morbid. It shows lucidity because, otherwise, to mask reality is inevitably a source of frustration: when our death will approach and that of those …

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Our Attitude toward Death (Part 1) — To be continued

(Radio Canada interview) 

Question: The Western world seems to be suffering from a sense of great reluctance regarding both the contemplation of death and its attitude toward it; death has become a taboo subject, one that is increasingly the …

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Tibet by Matthieu Ricard – 8

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Young and old, all come to welcome Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on his return to Shechen in eastern Tibet after thirty years in exile. (1985)…

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