A Day With Matthieu Ricard
Mathhieu Ricard, a former French Molecular Biologist turned monk, will be holding a day workshop at the Aloka Meditation on the 20th of June, Monday, from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm.
Venerable Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who had a promising career in cellular genetics before leaving France to study Buddhism in the Himalayas thirty-five years ago. He is also now a renowned photographer, an active participant in current scientific research on the effects of meditation on the brain, and a best-selling author. Venerable Ricard has received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East, and for the last few years, has spent considerable time working on charitable projects in Tibet, Nepal and India.
Since 1989, Matthieu has served as the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama. He is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute, an organization dedicated to collaborative research between scientists and Buddhist scholars and meditators. He is engaged in the research on the effect of mind training and meditation on the brain at various universities in the USA (Madison, Princeton, and Berkeley), Europe (Zurich) and Hong Kong.
For more information on the workshop, visit www.aloka.info.
Venerable Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who had a promising career in cellular genetics before leaving France to study Buddhism in the Himalayas thirty-five years ago. He is also now a renowned photographer, an active participant in current scientific research on the effects of meditation on the brain, and a best-selling author. Venerable Ricard has received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East, and for the last few years, has spent considerable time working on charitable projects in Tibet, Nepal and India.
Since 1989, Matthieu has served as the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama. He is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute, an organization dedicated to collaborative research between scientists and Buddhist scholars and meditators. He is engaged in the research on the effect of mind training and meditation on the brain at various universities in the USA (Madison, Princeton, and Berkeley), Europe (Zurich) and Hong Kong.
For more information on the workshop, visit www.aloka.info.
