This year, we are delighted to be celebrating 25 years of Karuna-Shechen. It’s an opportunity to look back at this great collective adventure. We are guided by altruism, commitment, and solidarity as we take concrete actions together with our many …

The need for altruistic cooperation is  more acute today as we face major socio-economic and ecological disasters.  These issues generate confusion and seemingly complex questions, but in the end it’s a simple question of altruism versus egoism, at both individual …

This is an extract from Matthieu Ricard’s book Altruism, Little, Brown and Company editions

We need a unifying concept, an Ariadne thread that will allow us to find our way in this labyrinth of serious, complex preoccupations. Altruism is …

Excerpt from Se changer, changer le monde, (To change oneself, change the world) with Matthieu Ricard, Christophe André, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Pierre Rabhi, Éditions L’Iconoclaste.

Changing the world, in my view, boils down to transforming oneself to better serve others. …

Vanaresi, December 2010

« Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. »

Bouddha Shakyamouni

In the tragic days we are living through, it is important to emphasize that one can feel a deep …

By Matthieu Ricard on octobre 18th 2023

This text is an extract from Matthieu Ricard’s book Altruism, available here.

I was talking recently with a nurse; like most of her colleagues, she is constantly confronted with the sufferings and …

Medical staff and social workers often find themselves in highly stressful and emotionally burdensome situations working long hours while dealing with difficult cases. So that they feel appreciated and supported, a show of gratitude – in thought, word and deed …