Matthieu Ricard

Cultivating the Inner Conditions for Genuine Happiness

The seminar has taken place at Monte Verita' in Ascona on April 5th and 6th, 2008.

Images from the seminar can be found in our gallery section; a CD with original data (12MP per image) is available on request (+41 79 821 50 33).

Recordings (mp3) will be available here for download from May 1, 2008 on.

You can directly support his humanitarian projects here (www.karuna-asia.org and www.shechen.org)

Matthieu Ricard introduces the seminar as following: "We all seek some kind of happiness and a sense of fulfillment. No one wakes up in the morning thinking: May I suffer the whole day. When we engage freely in any long-term activity, we do so in the hope that it will increase our well-being or that of others. We usually look outside for the causes of happiness. Likewise, when things go wrong, we instinctively search for outer remedies and try to change the conditions to suit ourselves. This often fails as, unfortunately, our control of the outer world is limited, temporary and often illusory. In fact, it is our mind that translates outer conditions into happiness or suffering, and, even though it may not be easy to transform one's mind, it is something that lies within the reach of our capacities."

Please find enclosed (Read more, below) a short biography of Matthieu Ricard.