Neuroscience Has A Lot To Learn From Buddhism – Matthieu Ricard
by Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer: A scientist and a monk compare notes on meditation, therapy, and their effects on the brain…
Why Should I Meditate?
by Matthieu Ricard: Matthieu Ricard answers everyone’s first question…
This is Your Brain on Bliss – Matthieu Ricard
by Matthieu Ricard: What is happiness, and how can we achieve it?
Matthieu Ricard The World’s Happiest Man On Altruism
by Oliver Haenlein: Matthieu Ricard, also known as ‘the world’s happiest man’, spent the best part of 25 years in the Himalayas with barely any contact with the Western world he was born into…
Matthieu Ricard The Urgent Need To Slow Down
by Sam Mowe: A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert and Matthieu Ricard…
A day in the life of ‘the happiest man in the world’
by Richard Feloni: The life of a typical Tibetan Buddhist monk involves detachment from chaotic modernity, spent primarily in monasteries in the mountains. Matthieu Ricard is not a typical monk…
Why Improvise? Be your best self now!
by Matthieu Ricard: Let meditation awaken your power.
Endless To-Do List? Train your beautiful mind to rest.
by Matthieu Ricard: TAKE AN HONEST LOOK at yourself. Where are you in your life?
Neuroscience and Meditation
August, 2009 Matthieu Ricard has been a key contributor to the increasingly fruitful dialogue between scientists and spiritual practitioners, and a regular subject for scientific experiments on meditation.
Scientists Declare Buddhist Monk the Happiest Man in the World
By Spooky: Matthieu Ricard, a French researcher turned Buddhist monk was declared the happiest man on Earth by a group of scientists, after it was discovered his brain produces a level of gamma waves never before reported in the field of neuroscience.
The Future Doesn’t Hurt. Yet.
by Matthieu Ricard: When, in the early morning, I sit in the little meadow in front of my hermitage on a quiet hilltop,
How Altruism Can Save the Planet – Pt 2
In July, Matthieu Ricard and Mark Tercek, president and CEO of Nature Conservancy and author of “Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature,” engaged…
How Altruism Can Save The Planet – Part 1
by Matthieu Ricard: In July, Matthieu Ricard and Mark Tercek, president and CEO of Nature Conservancy and author of “Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature,” engaged…
Happiest Man In The World: Stop Trying To Be Happy
by Joel Michaelson: In his new book, Altruism, a scientist turned Buddhist monk argues that we’re all hardwired to be altruistic—and that’s the secret to true bliss…
Is Selfishness Promoted in Society?
by Matthieu Richard: Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan recommends the reading of Ayn Rand’s writings to all his collaborators. Does the United States of America truly want to have a leader whose ideal is to promote selfishness in society?
Tolerance: A Nonviolent Tool to Change The World
by Matthieu Ricard: Tolerance goes hand in hand with courage, inner strength, and intelligence, the qualities that alleviate mental suffering and prevent us from falling into negative thinking.
From Competition to Cooperation – Pt 2
by Mathieu Richard: I am more and more convinced that altruism is not a luxury. It is not merely a noble sentiment that we apply only when things go well. It has become a necessity.
From Competition to Cooperation – Pt 1
by Mathieu Richard: The business world is a world of competition that often is very intense. Unhealthy competition is driven by greed, hostility, and unscrupulous selfishness. However, competition can also used as a source of inspiration to improve what we do.
Matthieu Ricard, Ph D Personal Development: Who Benefits?
by Matthieu Ricard, Ph D: Nowadays, there’s more and more talk of “personal development,” an expression that is used very loosely and adapted to every pretext…
Secrets Of Kindness From Matthieu Ricard Ph D, The ‘World’s Happiest Man’
by Gina Vivinetto: If being kinder is a goal for you, Matthieu Ricard has some good news. Kindness leads directly to happiness, says the 69-year-old Buddhist monk…
Matthieu Ricard The Path from Personal Transformation to Societal Change – Pt 2
by Matthieu Ricard: In line with Darwin’s emphasis on the importance of cooperation in nature…
The Path to Altruism – Matthieu Ricard
by Matthieu Ricard: “Cooperation,” the Harvard University biologist Martin Nowak has written, is
Matthieu Ricard, Ph D: The Path From Personal Transformation To Societal Change – Part 1
by Matthieu Ricard, Ph. D.: Is human nature inherently egoistic or altruistic?