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.”
So the key to happiness is to become a shut-in who barely interacts with the world?
I’ve been doing that for two decades and it ain’t working so far.
“Site down”. Yep. That figures.
The site seems to be up now. What an inspiring story. You can feel how good he is throughout the article.
