Matthieu Ricard discusses the concept of eduring happiness according to the Buddhist perspective, and how the Dalai Lama embodies this skill that can be cultivated.
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Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice, by Antoine Lutz, Matthieu Ricard, et al, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004, 101(46)
The authors explain how scientific research on Buddhist meditators shows that mental training can induce short-term and long-term neural changes.
Read moreMeditation and the startle response: A case study, by Robert W. Levenson, Paul Ekman, and Matthieu Ricard, Emotion 2012, 12(3)
This study investigates the effects of two type of meditation – open presence and focused – on a meditator’s defensive response to a startle stimulus during the meditation.
Read moreBuddhist and psychological perspectives on emotions and well-being, by Paul Ekman, Richard J. Davidson, Matthieu Ricard, and B. Alan Wallace, Current Directions in Psychological Science 2005, 14(2)
This paper presents a Buddhist perspective on the achievement of durable happiness and the nature of afflictive and nonafflictive emotions.
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