Matthieu Ricard has 10 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 13 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 52 ratings. The most-rated is Plaidoyer pour le Bonheur.
Plaidoyer pour le Bonheur
Summary
Après le succès du Moine et le Philosophe, un vrai traité du bonheur et un guide précieux et convaincant pour nos individualismes en mal de repères... Nous aspirons tous au bonheur. Mais comment le définir, le trouver, le retenir ? À cette question, souvent traitée avec cynisme ou naïveté par la pensée occidentale, Matthieu Ricard offre la réponse du bouddhisme, exigeante, apaisante, optimiste et accessible à tous. En apprenant à chercher le bonheur non à l'extérieur de nous, mais en nous, sans se focaliser sur notre personne, et en pratiquant une approche plus méditative et altruiste du monde, il devient saisissable... Riche de sa double culture et de son expérience de moine, de rencontres avec de grands sages et de sa connaissance des textes sacrés, mais aussi de son expérience de la souffrance des hommes, l'ambassadeur du bouddhisme le plus populaire en France propose ici une réflexion prenante sur le bonheur authentique et les moyens de l'atteindre.
©2003 NiL éditions, Paris (P)2015 Audiolib
Happiness
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In this groundbreaking audiobook, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in our lives. Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works of fiction and poetry, Western philosophy, Buddhist beliefs, scientific research, and personal experience, Ricard weaves an inspirational and forward-looking account of how we can begin to rethink our realities in a fast-moving modern world. With its revelatory lessons and exercises, Happiness is an eloquent and stimulating guide to a happier life.
©2018 Matthieu Ricard and Daniel Goleman (P)2018 Hachette Audio
Plaidoyer pour l'altruisme
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Abreuvés d'images violentes, confrontés à une société en crise, on sous-estime la force de la bienveillance, la banalité du bien et le pouvoir de transformation qu'une attitude altruiste peut avoir sur nos vies au plan individuel et, partant, sur la société tout entière. Plaidoyer pour l'altruisme est la somme de cinq années de recherches, de rencontres, d'expériences, d'observation et de réflexion. Ainsi, pour l'auteur, l'homme est d'abord un "coopérateur". Rétablir la pratique de l'altruisme et de la bienveillance au niveau individuel et social changerait la face du monde, libérant des forces créatrices bien plus efficaces que celles générées par la compétition. Ces morceaux choisis ont pour dessein d'offrir à l'auditeur une première approche de cet ouvrage passionnant, fondé sur l'observation et les sciences du comportement ; ainsi que les outils lui permettant de restaurer la pratique de l'altruisme. Et surtout ils redonnent à l'altruisme la place éminente qu'il occupe au sein d'une humanité dont il assure l'épanouissement. Une interprétation maîtrisée qui décuple la force d'un texte refondateur de valeurs essentielles à l'humanité.
©2013 NiL éditions, Paris (P)2013 Audiolib
On the Path to Enlightenment
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Khyentse Rinpoche inspired Matthieu Ricard to create this anthology by telling him that "when we come to appreciate the depth of the view of the eight great traditions [of Tibetan Buddhism] and also see that they all lead to the same goal without contradicting each other, we think, ‘Only ignorance can lead us to adopt a sectarian view.'" Ricard has selected and translated some of the most profound and inspiring teachings from across these traditions. The selected teachings are taken from the sources of the traditions, including the Buddha himself, Nagarjuna, Guru Rinpoche, Atisha, Shantideva, and Asanga; from great masters of the past, including Thogme Zangpo, the Fifth Dalai Lama, Milarepa, Longchenpa, and Sakya Pandita; and from contemporary masters, including the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Mingyur Rinpoche. They address such topics as the nature of the mind; the foundations of taking refuge, generating altruistic compassion, acquiring merit, and following a teacher; view, meditation, and action; and how to remove obstacles and make progress on the path.
©2013 Shambhala Publications, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Altruism
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The author of the international best seller Happiness makes a passionate case for altruism - and why we need it now more than ever. In Happiness, Matthieu Ricard demonstrated that true happiness is not tied to fleeting moments or sensations, but is an enduring state of soul rooted in mindfulness and compassion for others. Now he turns his lens from the personal to the global, with a rousing argument that altruism - genuine concern for the well-being of others - could be the saving grace of the 21st century. It is, he believes, the vital thread that can answer the main challenges of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and environment in the long term. Ricard's message has been taken up by major economists and thinkers, including Dennis Snower, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, and George Soros. Matthieu Ricard makes a robust and passionate case for cultivating altruistic love and compassion as the best means for simultaneously benefitting ourselves and our society. It's a fresh outlook on an ardent struggle - and one that just might make the world a better place.
©2015 Matthieu Ricard (P)2015 Hachette Audio
In Search of Wisdom
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Here is an audiobook born of the friendship of three gifted teachers that explores the universal human journey and our quest for meaning and understanding. This translation of the French best-seller brings listeners an intimate and insightful conversation between Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard, philosopher Alexandre Jollien, and psychiatrist Dr. Christophe Andre.
©2018 Matthieu Ricard (P)2018 Recorded Books
The Quantum and the Lotus
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Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize-winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, living in the Shechen monastery near Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam but became intrigued by the explosion of discoveries in astronomy during the 1960s. He made his way to the prestigious California Institute of Technology to study with some of the biggest names in the field and is now an acclaimed astrophysicist and specialist on how the galaxies formed. When Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Thuan met at an academic conference in the summer of 1997, they began discussing the many remarkable connections between the teachings of Buddhism and the findings of recent science. That conversation grew into an astonishing correspondence exploring a series of fascinating questions. Did the universe have a beginning? Might our perception of time in fact be an illusion, a phenomenon created in our brains that has no ultimate reality? What is consciousness and how did it evolve?
©2001 Ian Monk (P)2020 Tantor
Freedom for All of Us
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Three luminary teachers unfold a compelling series of dialogues on inner freedom - what it is and how to cultivate it in ourselves and others. “We are, nearly all of us,” says Matthieu Ricard, “the playthings of our whims, our conditioning, our impulses, our inner conflicts, our wandering thoughts, and our afflictive emotions. This servitude of ours is at the root of much that torments us. How do we free ourselves from the prison of these mental mechanisms, in the face of which we often feel helpless, even resigned?” With their acclaimed book In Search of Wisdom, these three gifted friends - a monk, a philosopher, and a psychiatrist - shed light on our universal quest for meaning, purpose, and understanding. Now, in this new in-depth offering, they invite us to tend to the garden of our true nature: freedom. Turn by turn, each shares his own unique perspective on the various obstacles to inner freedom, the “ecology” of freedom, the ways to cultivate it, and the harvest that comes out of it. What emerges is a panoramic vision and road map for us to overcome the barriers that hinder our liberation. “It is our hope,” they share, “that this audiobook will clarify the means for freeing ourselves from the causes of suffering.” Filled with unexpected insights and specific strategies, Freedom for All of Us presents an inspiring guide for breaking free of the unconscious walls that confine us.
©2020 Matthieu Ricard, Christophe André, and Alexandre Jollien (P)2020 Sounds True
A Plea for the Animals
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A powerful and wide-ranging indictment of the treatment of animals by humans - and an eloquent plea for animal rights Every cow just wants to be happy. Every chicken just wants to be free. Every bear, dog, or mouse experiences sorrow and feels pain as intensely as any of us humans do. In a compelling appeal to reason and human kindness, Matthieu Ricard here takes the arguments from his best sellers Altruism and Happiness to their logical conclusion: Compassion toward all beings, including our fellow animals, is a moral obligation and the direction toward which any enlightened society must aspire. He chronicles the appalling sufferings of the animals we eat, wear, and use for adornment or "entertainment" and submits every traditional justification for their exploitation to scientific evidence and moral scrutiny. What arises is an unambiguous and powerful ethical imperative for treating all of the animals with whom we share this planet with respect and compassion.
©2014 Matthieu Ricard; Translation Copyright 2016 by Shambhala Publications, Inc. (P)2018 Tantor
Altruism
Summary
In Happiness, Matthieu Ricard demonstrated that true happiness is not tied to fleeting moments or sensations but is an enduring state of soul rooted in mindfulness and compassion for others.
Now he turns his lens from the personal to the global, with a rousing argument that altruism - genuine concern for the well-being of others - could be the saving grace of the 21st century. It is, he believes, the vital thread that can answer the main challenges of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the midterm, and environment in the long term.
Ricard's message has been taken up by major economists and thinkers, including Dennis Snower, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz and George Soros.
Matthieu Ricard makes a robust and passionate case for cultivating altruistic love and compassion as the best means for simultaneously benefiting ourselves and our society. It's a fresh outlook on an ardent struggle and one that just might make the world a better place.
©2015 Matthieu Ricard. Translation © 2015 by Little Brown and Company. (P)2015 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd