An excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s book on altruism.

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/21/…

Mr. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and professor of psychology at the University of Washington. His most recent book is “Buddhist Biology: Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science.”

The word “altruism” was coined by Auguste Comte, the 19th-century social philosopher …

A conversation with Buddhist monk-author Matthieu Ricard.

http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/06/08/…

Molecular biologist-turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard shares his thoughts on the meaning of happiness, the power of mediation and why the world needs altruism more than ever.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/multimedia/one-to-one.html…