Matthieu Ricard - Happiness as an inner state.
If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard will examine the inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us to a way of looking at the mind itself based on his book, Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill and from the research in neuroscience on the effect of mind-training on the brain.
Speaker Bio: Matthieu Ricard, a gifted scientist turned Buddhist monk, is a best selling author, translator, and photographer. He has lived and studied in the Himalayas for the last 35 years...
Google Tech Talks - March 15, 2007
Matthieu Ricard - The Art of Meditation
The worlds happiest man" philosopher Matthieu Ricard explains how we can train our minds in habits of well-being:
