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Happiness is a skillby mattieu ricard in an interview with tami simon, original story, may 14, 20 tami simon. Happiness is practice, not pleasure matthieu ricard. In his writing and in his life, he explores happiness not as a pleasurable feeling but as human flourishing, a way of being that gives you the resources to deal with the ups and the downs of life and that encompasses many emotional states, including sadness. Matthieu ricard is a frenchborn, tibetan buddhist monk and a central figure in the dalai lamas dialogue with scientists. A buddhist monk and former cell biologist, ricard offers his own musings about the nature of happiness and tips on how to. French writer and buddhist monk matthieu ricard explores this and more in his book happiness. It was a cover line on a buddhist independent journal. French buddhist monk matthieu ricard has been working with scientists and buddhist scholars to explore the effects of meditation on the brain and its correlation with happiness.
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