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Matthieu Ricard's new humanitarian site: Karuna-Shechen

Emily McManus — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

The “happiest man in the world,” Matthieu Ricard balances his Buddhist contemplation of happiness (watch his TEDTalk on the habits of happiness) with an active life as a humanitarian in the Himalayas. Learn more about his projects — and get involved — at the new website for his Karuna-Shechen foundation. Karuna-Shechen brings medical help and education to people in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bhutan.

Visit Karuna-Shechen >>

Stumbling on sadness?

tedstaff — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:58:51 +0000

Many TEDTalks explore themes of happiness — Stumbling on Happiness‘ Daniel Gilbert, Mattheiu Ricard (who’s been called the Happiest Man on Earth), happy designer Stefan Sagmeister, and many more …

Now a recent story in Newsweek rounds up the latest on happiness’ opposite: sadness. It’s an interesting gloss on the growing happiness industry — and what the story calls “the backlash against the happiness rat race.”

Habits of happiness: Matthieu Ricard on TED.com

tedstaff — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:55:56 +0000

What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, California. Duration: 21:06.)

Watch Matthieu Ricard’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances.