Change your Mind Change your Brain: The Inner Conditions for Authentic Happiness

If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard examines the inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us to a way of looking at... more

Reviewed by Nayelimr Jul 07 2007, 05:34pm ( 6 reviews ) • google.com

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Rated by vanvogt on Nov 25 2008, 1:38am

A brilliant Google Talk by Matthieu Ricard, a prominent scientist and Buddhist practitioner. An engaging, humorous and informative talk. It comes down to this; Does true and sustained happiness arise from the things outside of ourselves, or is it a property of our inner awareness?
Rated by WisteriaBlue on Aug 11 2007, 8:30am

If you are interested in Science related to Buddhism. How meditation leads to powerful state of mind to overcome anxiety, fear, stress. Cluster of happyness.Mathieu Ricard is a very busy joyful monk who put his genius as scientist, photographer, translator for HH teachings, to permanent service of human beings.
Rated by Nayelimr on Jul 07 2007, 5:34pm

If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard examines the inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us to a way of looking at the mind itself based on his book, Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill and from the research in neuroscience on the effect of mind-training on the brain
Rated by ill-turn-native on May 08 2007, 12:15am

Brilliant!
Rated by max1millian on Mar 21 2007, 1:26am

google video from scientist now monk Matthieu Ricard

Installing is Easy!