Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard holds a doctorate in molecular biology from the Institut Pasteur, in Paris. A monk, photographer, and translator, he has lived in the Himalayas for thirty years and now resides at Shechen Monastery, Nepal.

Trike Daily

Living Lighter with Less

Matthieu Ricard explains how to let go of attachments and be content with what you have.

By Matthieu Ricard

May 30, 2018

Trike Daily Society & Environment

A Plea for the Animals

French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard talks to Tricycle about why we’re due for radical change in how we treat animals.

Interview with Matthieu Ricard by Marie Scarles

Oct 11, 2017

Dr. Karma Phuntsho in the local temple of his home village, Ura, Bhutan

Magazine

Bhutan on the Brink

An interview with Dr. Karma Phuntsho, the first Bhutanese to earn a doctorate at Oxford who now works to promote social entrepreneurship among the nation’s youth.

By Emma Varvaloucas, Photographs by Matthieu Ricard

Spring 2017

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Why Meditate?

On the eve of the release of his new book, the French monk Matthieu Ricard spoke with Tricycle about science, meditation, and his title as “the happiest man in the world.”

Interview with Matthieu Ricard by Tricycle, Photographs by Matthieu Ricard

Fall 2010

Magazine Personal Reflections

A Way of Being

Finding happiness is mostly a matter of perspective.

By Matthieu Ricard

Summer 2006

Magazine Teachings

Working With Desire

Three approaches from Tibetan Buddhism

By Matthieu Ricard

Summer 2004

Magazine Body & Mind

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s Last Teaching

“Even if death were to fall upon you today like lightning, you must be ready to die without sadness and regret, without any residue of clinging for what is left behind. Remaining in the recognition of the absolute view, you should leave this life like an eagle soaring up into the blue sky.” —Dilgo Khyentse […]

By Matthieu Ricard

Fall 1997