Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who — Matthieu Ricard
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who — Matthieu Ricard
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who — Matthieu Ricard
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who — Matthieu Ricard
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who — Matthieu Ricard
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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.

— Matthieu Ricard
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