Matthieu Ricard
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Place of birth
- Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
Biography
Matthieu Ricard is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. He grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a PhD 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. He received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East with Karuna-Shechen, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000 with Rabjam Rinpoche. Since 1989, he has acted as the French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama. Since 2010, he has been travelling and giving a series of talks with and assisting in teachings by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the incarnation of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Movies with Matthieu Ricard
- Wheel of Time 2003 · ★ 6.4
- Unity 2015 · ★ 7.5
- From Stress to Happiness 2020 · ★ 6.2
- Who We Were 2021 · ★ 6.6
- Viananda 2023 · ★ 7.9
- The Altruism Revolution 2015 · ★ 8.0
- Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 2010 · ★ 7.0
- My Year of Living Mindfully 2020 · ★ 7.5
- Return to Gandhi Road 2020 · ★ 10.0
- Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard 2024 · ★ 8.0
- The devotion of Matthieu Ricard 2009 · ★ 10.0
- Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being 2020 · ★ 6.0
- The Sweet Taste of Success 2022 · ★ 10.0
- Dharma Rising 2011
- LIVING IS A DREAM 2024
- La saveur d’une vie 2025