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Matthieu Ricard
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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 Fren…
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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.
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La saveur d’une vie
as Self
No Poster
LIVING IS A DREAM
Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard
as himself
Viananda
The Sweet Taste of Success
as Matthieu Ricard
Who We Were
as Self - Buddhist Monk
From Stress to Happiness
as Self
Return to Gandhi Road
as himself
Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being
as Self
My Year of Living Mindfully
as Himself
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
The Altruism Revolution
as Himself
Dharma Rising
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
as Self
The devotion of Matthieu Ricard
as himself
Wheel of Time
as Self