« De même qu’il faut de la patience pour faire pousser une récolte – il ne sert à rien de tirer sur les plans pour les faire sortir plus vite! -, la constance est indispensable à la pratique de la ...

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

This year, Karuna-Shechen celebrates 25 years of involvement! Founded by Matthieu Ricard in 2000, Karuna-Shechen acts and advocates a more altruistic world, with the conviction that altruism is one of ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Every cow just wants to be happy. Every chicken just wants to be free. Every bear, dog, or mouse experiences sorrow and feels pain as intensely as any of us humans do. In a compelling appeal to reason ...

The Dalai Lama with the young reincarnation of one of his main spiritual teachers, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Commander un tirage sur PhotoBy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...