He recommends everyone try compassion meditation, in which you focus on feelings of altruistic love for at least five minutes daily. "Mindfulness" may be a buzzword and meditation a fad across both ...

Originally published by Matthieu Ricard on LinkedIn: Resilience, Compassion and Meditation From Empathy to Compassion in a Neuroscience Laboratory In 2007, along with Tania Singer, I was in Rainer ...

Being happy is not a competition. Or at least, I thought it wasn’t. But Google tells me there is a man who has won this race and been named the happiest person in the world. In fact, there has been ...

How do you look at your journey with Buddhism? I have spent 55 years in the Himalayas, between Darjeeling, Bhutan and Nepal.

Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard spoke about happiness and altruism in Gaston Hall on Monday as part of his global promotional tour for his latest book. Prominent Buddhist monk, author, ...