Matthieu Ricard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Matthieu Ricard

French writer and Buddhist monk

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1946

Place of Birth: Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: photographer, writer, translator, bhikkhu, geneticist, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About Matthieu Ricard

  • Matthieu Ricard (Nepali: ?????? ????, born 15 February 1946) is a French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. Matthieu Ricard grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles.
  • He received a Ph.D.
  • 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 Dalai Lama.

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