He explains what true happiness is. Produced by Kevin Reilly and Kamelia Angelova Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech Matthieu Ricard, author of "Altruism," has been dubbed the "World's Happiest ...

It is a fundamental instinct of human nature to seek solace through prayers in times of despair and need. Prayer is a ...

If happiness is a form of success, you might look to Matthieu Ricard. Neuroscientists found that the Tibetan Buddhist monk and best-selling author has some of the highest levels of positive ...

Religious attendance is consistently correlated with higher levels of contentment and satisfaction. Here's what the research ...

There are certain Buddhist lifestyle habits that bring a significant shift in your physical and mental wellbeing. Some of these habits may be difficult to integrate in your routine life but they could ...

Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.” Although a Buddhist wedding is not a religious event ...

Then the Buddhist pilgrims, gravitating toward the ... The felicitous phrase he invented to describe his approach: Gross National Happiness. For many Bhutanese, this idea is not merely a marketing ...

Archeology expert Dr Sivanagi Reddy says 105 monks, including 88 from US, Sri Lanka and southeast Asian countries who visited ...

The government has a unique Gross National Happiness (GNH) index, inspired by the Buddhist principle of balance, or the "middle way." According to the country's GNH Centre, it's officially defined ...