Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk, humanitarian, writer, photographer, doctor in cellular genetics, and the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama. All of his royalties are donated to Karuna-Shechen, the humanitarian association he created twenty-two years ago, which benefits more than 450,000 underprivileged people every year in India, Nepal, and Tibet.
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"Matthieu Ricard is an ordained Buddhist monk and an
internationally best-selling author of books about altruism, animal
rights, happiness and wisdom. His humanitarian efforts led to his
homeland’s awarding him the French National Order of Merit.
(Ricard’s primary residence is a Nepalese monastery.) He was the
Dalai Lama’s French interpreter and holds a Ph.D in cellular
genetics. In the early 2000s, researchers at the University of
Wisconsin found that Ricard’s brain produced gamma waves — which
have been linked to learning, attention and memory — at such
pronounced levels that the media named him 'the world’s happiest
man.'"
—The New York Times Magazine
“In Notebooks of a Wandering Monk, the memoirs of renowned Buddhist
monk Matthieu Ricard, he reflects on how our culture
often associates happiness with achieving goals, acquiring
possessions, professional accomplishments and, more lately, seeking
validation on social media.”
—El Pais
“This beautifully written tome details [Ricard’s] life journey out
of the world, as it were, and into wisdom and compassion. Ricard is
an extraordinary exemplar. Even after decades traversing India,
Nepal, and Bhutan, he demonstrates a sense of stillness and
groundedness.”
—Lion's Roar
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