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

“Tibet is the Roof of the World, a place where you feel that you arein the sky just as much as you are on the earth. The intense blueness of space contrasts sharply with the deep green of eastern ...

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 ...

In India, water shortages is disrupting the lives of millions of people, who have difficulty gaining access to this essential resource. This lack of access has major repercussions on health, food, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In Search of Wisdom is a book born of the friendship of three gifted teachers, exploring the universal human journey and our quest for meaning and understanding. This translation of the French ...

Matthieu Ricard a fêté en 2017 ses 50 ans de vie monastique au Tibet. S’il éprouve la joie de ceux qui ont trouvé leur voie il reste constamment en quête de sens et de liberté intérieure.

A sublime photographic record of Ricard’s yearlong retreat in the foothills of the Himalayas. A photographer and Buddhist monk, Matthieu Ricard recently spent one year in retreat at the hermitage of ...

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 ...