Matthieu Ricard
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · La saveur d’une vie as Self
- 2024 · LIVING IS A DREAM as
- 2024 · Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard as himself
- 2023 · Viananda as
- 2022 · The Sweet Taste of Success as Matthieu Ricard
- 2022 · Quelle époque ! as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The A Talks as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Who We Were as Self - Buddhist Monk
- 2020 · From Stress to Happiness as Self
- 2020 · Return to Gandhi Road as himself
- 2020 · Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being as Self
- 2020 · My Year of Living Mindfully as Himself
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · The Altruism Revolution as Himself
- 2011 · Dharma Rising as
- 2010 · Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as Self
- 2009 · C à vous as Self - Guest
- 2009 · The devotion of Matthieu Ricard as himself
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Wheel of Time as Self