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Matthieu Ricard

Buddhist Monk, Humanitarian, Author and Photographer
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Matthieu Ricard: World’s Happiest Man on What Really Matters.

What turns a devout scientist into Buddhist monk?

Born in France in 1946, Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who left a career in cellular genetics to study Buddhism and live a largely monastic life in the Himalayas over 45 years ago.

Sharing his insights, Ricard has since become an international best-selling author and a prominent speaker on the world stage, celebrated at the World Economic Forum at Davos, the NGH forums at the United Nations, and at TED where his talks on happiness and altruism has been viewed by over six million people.

His books have been translated into over twenty languages, and his newest is, Beyond the Self: A conversation between Neuroscience and Buddhism.

Ricard was lightly dubbed “the happiest man alive,” after neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin scanned his brain during meditation and found the highest capacity for happiness ever recorded.

As a trained scientist and Buddhist monk, he is uniquely positioned in the dialogue between East and West. He is an active participant in the current scientific research on the effects of meditation on the brain. He lives in Nepal and devotes all the proceedings of his books and activities to 200 humanitarian projects in Tibet, India, and Nepal.

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Matthieu Ricard : minimalisme, le choix de la sobriété
9 October 2021
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A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion
5 February 2021
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Matthieu Ricard: Finding Inner Freedom
8 December 2020
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Being altruist to seek happiness and well-being
26 March 2020
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Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard on True Happiness
2 April 2019
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Matthieu Ricard: The Altruistic Revolution: Transform Ourselves to Better Serve Others
3 July 2018
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Matthieu Ricard: Carpool Mindfulness
9 April 2018
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Matthieu Ricard: “I think the Buddha might have got rid of Twitter with his palace”
3 February 2018
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Matthieu Ricard: World’s Happiest Man on What Really Matters.
29 January 2018
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3 lessons I learned from the Tibetan monk who works with the Dalai Lama and went viral as 'the happiest man alive'
11 January 2018
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Contemplating happiness with Matthieu Ricard
2 July 2017
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Doing Good Better Podcast, Episode 1: Why?
30 May 2017
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Compassion for All with Matthieu Ricard - SpiritualityHealth
12 January 2017
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