Matthieu Ricard’s brain was determined to be neurologically “happier” after a 12-year medical study at the University of Wisconsin.
Press Reviews
- A Buddhist Monk Shows “Unheard Of” Brain Activity During Meditation
- Project Syndicate « The Path to Altruism »
- Huffington Post « Why A Monk, A Neuroscientist And A Movie Star Are Giving Advice To The Business Elite »
- Bloomberg News « El-Erian Told to Chill by Monk Teaching Davos Meditation »
- Press articles (in French) following the seminar on “the Animal and Us”
- L’Avenir.net: an article (in French) on a visit by Matthieu Ricard to Belgian students in Ath.
- The critical review (in French) by Léa Durupt of the workshop by Chade-Meng Tan and Matthieu Ricard on April 30, 2014, in Paris
- “My friends tease me: Here comes Mr Happy”
- Podcast: Matthieu Ricard on happiness
- What the world needs now: altruism
- A review by David Barash on altruism
- Ayn Rand killed the American dream: our free-market economy only works for the 1 percent
- The Path from Personal Transformation to Societal Change
- Things to do with Matthieu Ricard, on Time Out
- Hanging out with ‘the world’s happiest man’ taught me something profound about human nature
- A 69-year-old monk who scientists call the ‘world’s happiest man’ says the secret to being happy takes just 15 minutes a day
- The monk scientists call the ‘world’s happiest man’ reveals his secret
- ‘Waging War, Eating Meat, Capitalism – Evidence Of A Harrowing Lack Of Imagination’
- 4 Inspiring Quotes From ‘A Plea for the Animals’
- Matthieu Ricard’s “A Plea for the Animals” Is a Must Read
- A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion
- Why I Am A Vegetarian
- The World’s Happiest Man Wishes You Wouldn’t Call Him That
- Matthieu Ricard’s Journey to Compassion
- Too Much Too Fast: Why It’s Time for Humans to Slow Down
- How to be happy, per the Happiest Man in the World
- A Case For Freedom of Expression Based on Altruism
- Contemplating happiness with Matthieu Ricard
- Happiness as Human Flourishing
- Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism
- 3 lessons I learned from the Tibetan monk who works with the Dalai Lama and went viral as ‘the happiest man alive’
- WGS 2018: World-Renowned Author opens Landmark Summit with Plea for Compassion and Altruism
- Matthieu Ricard: ‘Eternity is awfully long, especially near the end’
- The ‘World’s Happiest Man’ Shares His Three Rules for Life – The New York Times