Matthieu Ricard interviendra lors des Journées Émergences les 27 et 28 septembre 2025 à Bruxelles. Cette 16e édition s’articulera autour d’une question essentielle : Est-il possible de vivre libre ?

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

Karuna-Shechen celebrates 25 years of altruism in action! Founded by Matthieu Ricard in 2000, Karuna-Shechen acts and advocates for a more altruistic world. Its story is one of altruism in motion, of ...

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

“By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion, or a mood, but an optimal state of ...

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 ...

Matthieu Ricard, né en France en 1946 et fils du philosophe français Jean-François Revel et de l’artiste peintre Yahne Le Toumelin, est moine bouddhiste, humanitaire, auteur de livres, traducteur et ...

En choisissant de continuer à encourager la croissance comme si de rien n'était, les économistes font un très mauvais pari pour les générations à venir. Le rapport présenté par l'un de leurs plus ...

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 ...

Jean Francois-Revel, a pillar of French intellectual life in our time, became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. Twenty-seven years ago, his son, Matthieu Ricard, gave ...