Matthieu Ricard, happiness guru, has a new book, Why Meditate, a follow-up to his earlier how-to manual, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill. He came to town to promote both ...
The life of a typical Tibetan Buddhist monk involves detachment from chaotic modernity, spent primarily in monasteries in the mountains. Matthieu Ricard is not a typical monk. Born in France in 1946 ...
This documentary examines the life of Matthieu Ricard who left a promising career as a geneticist in France to pursue his passion for spiritual growth More than 30 years later Ricard is a noted ...
This week, scientists named a Buddhist monk, and aide to the Dalai Lama, the world's happiest man. His secret? Meditation. Neuroscientists wired up 66-year-old Frenchman Matthieu Ricard's skull with ...
The Buddhist monk and author of The Art of Meditation explains how meditation improves mind and body alike, and how altruism could transform economics. The Dalai Lama often describes Buddhism as being ...
French buddhist monk, writer and photographer, Matthieu Ricard speaks on April 27, 2015 in Paris. (ENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) A harmonic convergence of sorts took place on Tuesday, June 16th, ...
How do you look at your journey with Buddhism? I have spent 55 years in the Himalayas, between Darjeeling, Bhutan and Nepal.