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Davos Sound Byte-2

Sunday 07 February 2010

At the Davos World Economic Forum, I also participated in a session on “Lessons from the Past to Redesign Future Values” with Jody Williams. She received the Nobel Peace Price in 1997 for relentlessly and successfully campaigning for a United Nations’ treaty banning landmines. She told the UN delegates that they were proceeding in too slowly, “You are pondering for hours about where a comma should be placed in the text, but what you need is to first feel and act as human beings. Stop keeping apart the human being you are and the job you are doing.”

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Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk, photographer, and author. He has lived and worked in the Himalayan region for forty years. This website is dedicated to his photographs and his books, and to sharing some of the inspiration he received from his spiritual masters. Matthieu donates all proceeds from his work and much of his time to thirty humanitarian projects in Asia: www.karuna-shechen.org.

Recent publications

  • The Skill of Happiness
  • The Spirit of Tibet
  • Monk Dancers of Tibet
  • The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin
  • The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel

Karuna Shechen

Matthieu Ricard is the main coordinator for Karuna-Shechen, a charitable non-profit association with branches throughout the world. Karuna-Shechen provides education, medical and social services, care of the elderly, and assistance to individuals in need.
To learn more, check the “Humanitarian” section, or visit directly www.karuna-shechen.org.