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Matthieu Ricard
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Jun 21, 2008, 07:30 PM - Jun 21, 2008, 08:30 PM
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JACKSON, WY (February 27, 2008) - Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who left a promising career in cellular genetics in France to study Buddhism in the Himalayas 35 years ago. Ricard will teach one workshop and offer an evening lecture on Saturday, June 21st at the Center Theater in Jackson, Wyoming. This rare opportunity is being presented by: the Center of Wonder, Pursue Balance and the Teton Wellness Festival.
Ricard is an active participant in current scientific research on the effects of meditation on the brain.
“Mattieu is one of the monks who is used in experiments to determine the impact of mediation on the brain and is in a unique position to talk about his direct experience and findings from that research..”Marcia Craighead
As a trained scientist and Buddhist monk, he has a unique position to discuss the connection between spirituality and science, mind and body.
Ricard ‘ s work looks at “why” we should be interested in meditation and “what” the impact is on the brain when we mediate. This research empowers people to continue practicing meditation and encourages those interested in starting a mediation practice because of the evidence based research which supports the claim that when we meditate the changes in the brain are linked to the changes in our world.
His books include, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill, The Monk and the Philosopher, Tibet: An Inner Journey and most recently,Motionless Journey. He lives in Nepal and devotes much of his time to the preservation of Tibetan literature and culture and to humanitarian projects in Tibet, India, and Nepal. He is the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama.
Tickets go on sale March 1st. Call the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts box office 307-733-4900.
http://www.jhcenterforthearts.org
Saturday June 21st, Workshop, 10am - noon: Meditation as Cultivating New Ways of Being
Saturday June 21st , Lecture 7:30 pm: Training for Inner Happiness
More Information about Matthieu Ricard… click here
Matthieu Ricard is a best-selling author, translator and photographer highly regarded for his scholarship and knowledge of Buddhism and Tibetan culture. He has lived and worked in the Himalayan region for over thirty years.
Born in France in 1946, Ricard grew up among the personalities and ideas of Paris' intellectual and artistic circles. His father was Jean-Francois Revel, a leading philosopher and writer and his mother, Yahne Le Toumeline, is a noted painter and author. He studied photography, classical music, and ornithology and worked for his PHD degree in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Francois Jacob.
After completing his doctoral thesis in 1972, Mr. Ricard decided to forsake his artistic and scientific careers and concentrate on Tibetan Buddhist studies. He lived in the Himalayans with the greatest living teachers of that tradition and became the close disciple and attendant of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (one of the most eminent Tibetan masters of our times.) Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk and resides at Shechen Monastery in Nepal. Since 1989, he has accompanied the Dalai Lama to France acting as his personal interpreter.
The Monk and the Philosopher, (Schocken Books) a dialogue with his father, Jean-Francois Revel, was a best seller in Europe. The Quantum and the Lotus" about science and Buddhism, was published by Crown the next year. Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill (Little Brown) is in its third printing. His books have been translated in over twenty languages.
His intimate knowledge and unprecedented access to Tibetan teachers and culture has enabled him to capture on camera rare and surprising moments and events. He is the author and photographer of Spirit of Tibet. (Aperture). In 2002, he collaborated with Olivier and Danielle Follmi on the photo book, Buddhist Himalayas(Abrams). His latest photo books are Tibet: An Inner Journey and Motionless Journey (Thames and Hudson).
Henri Cartier-Bresson has said of his work, "Matthieu's spiritual life and his camera are one and from this springs these images, fleeting and eternal."
He is a major participant in the research collaboration between cognitive scientists and Buddhist practitioners, spearheaded by the Dalai Lama and the Mind and Life Institute. For the last few years, Mr. Ricard has initiated and overseen humanitarian projects in Tibet, Nepal, India, and Bhutan. He received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East.
"Matthieu Ricard reminds us that to change the individual is also, ultimately, to change the world."—George Soros
Presented by: The Center of Wonder, Pursue Balance and the Teton Wellness Institute.
