A molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk, described by scientists as “the happiest man alive,” demonstrates how to develop the inner conditions for true happiness.

All of Matthieu Ricard’s income from the sale of his books is donated to his humanitarian association, Karuna-Shechen.

The memoirs of renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and his extraordinary journey toward inner freedom and compassion in action. Matthieu Ricard began his spiritual transformation at the age of ...

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche inspired Matthieu Ricard to create this anthology by telling him that ‟when we come to appreciate the depth of the view of the eight great traditions [of Tibetan Buddhism] and ...

Mount Everest seen from a plane between Kathmandu and Paro Commander un tirage sur PhotoBy A Tibetan monk gazes out at the Khumbu valley from a rock overlooking Thangboche Monastery Commander un ...

This year, Karuna-Shechen celebrates 25 years of involvement! Founded by Matthieu Ricard in 2000, Karuna-Shechen acts and advocates a more altruistic world, with the conviction that altruism is one of ...

Matthieu Ricard, né en France en 1946 et fils du philosophe français Jean-François Revel et de l’artiste peintre Yahne Le Toumelin, est moine bouddhiste, humanitaire, auteur de livres, traducteur et ...

A story about the fundamental connection between animals and people and how we can treat all of Earth’s creatures with compassion and empathy. Furry polar bears, playful sea otters, slow sloths, ...

The author of the international bestseller Happiness makes a passionate case for altruism—and why we need it now more than ever. In this major work, Matthieu Ricard presents a global vision based on ...

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Twelve years ago, the Sager Family Foundation, the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, and the Dalai Lama’s private office began a groundbreaking program called Science for Monks to teach Western ...

Buddhism shares with science the task of examining the mind empirically; it has pursued, for two millennia, direct investigation of the mind through penetrating introspection. Neuroscience, on the ...