Matthieu Ricard is a French writer and a Buddhist monk, who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal and is been declared as happiest person in the world.
Ricard is a PhD in molecular biology from Pasteur Institute under French Nobel Laureate Francois Jacob. In 1972, Ricard decided to become a Tibetan Monk. He came to India and started studying Buddhism under master Kangyur Rinpoche.
Ricard volunteered himself for a scientific laboratory experiments at University of Wisconsin and the scientists who performed experiments found his happiness levels way above other individuals.
Matthieu Ricard undergoing experiment.
Brain scans revealed that Matthieu Ricards brain had large capacity for joy and happiness thanks to his daily practice of meditation for last 45 years.
Neuroscientist Richard Davidson wired up monk's skull with 250 sensors at university of Wisconsin as a part of research on various people with and without meditation practice.
The scans showed, that when meditating on compassion and peace, Ricard's brain produced high levels of gamma waves, those which gave joy and happiness were found in pre frontal cortex.
Daily 20 minutes of meditation for 21 days results in better memory, concentration and happiness.
So - Meditate and Be Happy.
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