Happiness Is Practice, Not Pleasure Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard is helping us redefine happiness in a culture convinced that it’s a passive experience. The French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk reframes happiness not as pleasure but as practice that requires discipline — akin to marathon training or learning chess. He asks, “What are the inner conditions that foster a genuine sense of flourishing, of fulfillment?” Ricard is the author of “Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill” and “Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World.” Find the transcript at onbeing.org.

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Happiness Is Practice, Not Pleasure Matthieu Ricard is an episode from Becoming Wise by On Being Studios.

This episode is 00:06:59 long.

This episode was published on May 27, 2019.

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