The Secret to Being Happiest Man on Earth | Matthieu Ricard

What is the secret of being called the happiest person in the world? Well, there's no secret, because that's the biggest joke in the world! The Secret to Being the World's Happiest Man It started with a journalist who, one morning, didn't know what to write. There were some studies when I was a guinea pig at Richard Davidson's lab in Madison, studying the effect of compassion on the brain. And with myself and later with many much greater meditators than me, they found there was a very strong activation of gamma frequencies in the brain. Those gamma frequencies and the areas of the brain which are activated are also related to well-being. OK! In the end, there were 25 meditators. How can you say about 7 billion human beings, of course this is nonsense. You can immediately understand that. But this being said, you know, I'm not terribly unhappy. I think this is thanks to my teacher, to trying my best even if I'm so lazy at putting their instructions to practice over half a century. You know, I could have done so much better, but at least the little bit I did contributed to at least enjoying life as it goes, and feeling very fortunate to have been on the path.

Channel: Study Buddhism

Views: 15,539

Keywords: Buddhism, Matthieu Ricard, Meditation, Happiness, Happy, How to be happy, Happiest person in the world, The secret, Mindfulness, Compassion, Tibetan Buddhism, Study Buddhism

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Length: 1min 22sec (82 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 17 2017