Auction: photographs by Matthieu Ricard
On Saturday, November 14, 2026, the Hôtel Drouot will host an auction of photographs by Matthieu Ricard, organized by Nouvelle Étude to benefit Karuna-Shechen.
A selection of 130 photographs from his archives will be offered at auction, with online bidding also available. The collection brings together images that reflect the diversity of perspectives and moments captured during his travels.
All net proceeds from the sale will be donated to Karuna-Shechen to support projects in Nepal in response to the floods that struck several Himalayan regions on August 26, 2026.
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By Matthieu Ricard on 29 Sep 2026
On August 26, 2026, a section of the Langtang Lirung glacier broke away at an altitude of more than 5,200 metres, plunging 1,200 to 1,500 metres with such force that the United States Geological Survey initially recorded it as an earthquake. Within seconds, at least 10 million cubic metres of ice collapsed, transforming into a…
By Matthieu Ricard on 28 May 2026
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s book –Altruism (NiL Éditions, 2013) When Social Norms Temper Spontaneous Altruism According to Warneken and Tomasello, in order for altruistic behavior to be maintained over the course of generations, it must be associated with mechanisms that protect individuals against exploitation by each other. The psychologist Dale Hay quotes Machiavelli: “A prince…
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s book –Altruism (NiL Éditions, 2013) “ More recent research from the team of Michael Tomasello and Felix Warneken has shown that very young children spontaneously offered to help an experimenter complete various tasks— bringing the experimenter an object that had fallen to the floor, for instance— and they did so without…
Matthieu Ricard, born in France in 1946 and son of French philosopher Jean-François Revel and painter Yahne Le Toumelin, is a Buddhist monk, author of books, translator and photographer. 
