How to Be Happy: A geneticist-turned-monk takes a scientific approach to a spiritual life
May 19, 2006 – Science & the City Podcasts
Matthieu Ricard was a geneticist at Institut Pasteur before becoming a Buddhist monk. He spoke at the New York State Psychiatric Institute about his new book, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill, and about research published in PNAS in 2004 suggesting that meditation can induce long-term neural changes.
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