PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: MATTHIEU RICARD'S "A PLEA for the ANIMALS" is a Must Read
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201609/matthieu-ricards-plea-the-animals-is-must-read
From the Psychology Today Article:
A Plea for the Animals is an outstanding and well-referenced book that surely will make a difference for the billions of nonhumans who routinely suffer globally at the hands of humans, be it in slaughterhouses, laboratories, or other captive situations, or in what's left of their natural environs. Matthieu Ricard's heartfelt plea for us to tap into our caring and compassionate selves and to treat other animals with unbounded dignity and respect will go a long way toward inspiring people to see other animals for whom they truly are, to feel for them deeply, and to recognize how they fully depend on us to grant them the ability to be able to live their lives in peace and safety -- to survive and to thrive in an increasingly human-dominated world. By personally rewilding and understanding what other animals want and need, humans will more easily reconnect and become re-enchanted with other animals so that peaceful coexistence becomes a reality, and it will be a win-win for all concerned.
YOUTUBE: MATTHIEU RICARD - A Plea for the Animals, The Planet & Human Beings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDEQY6svpfM
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MATTHIEU RICARD - THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST MAN: Esquire Magazine
Below is a link to an Esquire Magazine article about Matthieu Ricard, a Tibetan Buddhist monk who is an extraordinarily happy man.
"LIFE LESSONS FROM THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST MAN" - ESQUIRE
http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/article/4915/matthieu-ricard-what-ive-learned/
From the article:
Highly complex MRI scans by cognitive scientists at the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience in Wisconsin have shown extraordinarily high levels of upbeat activity (-0.45 on a range where -0.3 is described as "beatific") and almost invisible levels of negative emotions. "I don't see everything as rosy," he says, "but the ups and downs of life don't unsettle me in the usual way."
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FROM WIKIPEDIA: MATTHIEU RICARD
FROM WIKIPEDIA: MATTHIEU RICARD
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthieu Ricard
Religion: Buddhism
School: Vajrayana
Education: Pasteur Institute
(Ph.D. molecular genetics)
Nationality: French Born: 15 February 1946
(1946-02-15) (age 71)
Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France
Tibetan Buddhist Teachers:
Kangyur Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Website: MatthieuRicard.org
Matthieu Ricard (Nepali: माथ्यु रिका, born February 15, 1946) is a French writer and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal.
Matthieu Ricard grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a Ph.D. 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 and received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East.
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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