(you can watch it on a bigger screen at google video)
I just finished watching this video with Matthieu Ricard on happiness, depression and meditation. It's difficult to explain how potentially life changing it is. Everybody who is interested in their own happiness and well-being should watch it and think deeply about what he is saying.
After watching it I plan to further explore the ideas of meditation that he presents in the video. There are two books of his which I am going to get my hands on and have a read through:
The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life by Jean-Francois Revel and Matthieu Ricard
and
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard
Once I've had time to look through them and think about it some more I'll post my thoughts up here.
In the mean time, for more on happiness and mind training see the recent mind-expanding cogitations by David Edwards of medialens here:
You can also find more about Matthieu Ricard in this profile piece in the Indpendent.
Posted in Day to Day Life ed's blog | 516 reads
Submitted by ed on Fri, 2007-05-11 15:25.
