Matthieu Ricard

Known for DirectingBorn 1946-02-15 (age 80)Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Sweet Taste of Success

Return to Gandhi Road

The devotion of Matthieu Ricard

Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

The Altruism Revolution

Viananda

My Year of Living Mindfully

Unity

The A Talks

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Who We Were

From Stress to Happiness

Wheel of Time

Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being

C à vous

Quelle époque !

Salut les Terriens !

La saveur d’une vie

LIVING IS A DREAM

Dharma Rising