Matthieu Ricard

Biography

Matthieu Ricard is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. He grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a PhD degree in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972. He then decided to forsake his scientific career and instead practice Tibetan Buddhism, living mainly in the Himalayas. Ricard is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute. He received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East with Karuna-Shechen, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000 with Rabjam Rinpoche. Since 1989, he has acted as the French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama. Since 2010, he has been travelling and giving a series of talks with and assisting in teachings by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the incarnation of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

Filmografi

Unity2015 · Narrator (voice)Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche2010 · SelfViananda2023 · La saveur d’une vie2025 · SelfWho We Were2021 · Self - Buddhist MonkThe Sweet Taste of Success2022 · Matthieu RicardThe Altruism Revolution2015 · HimselfWheel of Time2003 · SelfLIVING IS A DREAM2024 · Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard2024 · himselfFrom Stress to Happiness2020 · SelfMy Year of Living Mindfully2020 · HimselfReturn to Gandhi Road2020 · himselfUpper Story: On the Road to Well-Being2020 · SelfThe devotion of Matthieu Ricard2009 · himselfDharma Rising2011 ·