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This Buddhist Monk Is The World's Happiest Man
Frankie Taggart, Agence France Presse | Nov. 5, 2012, 10:56 AM
As he grins serenely and his burgundy robes billow in the fresh Himalayan wind, it is not difficult to see why scientists declared Matthieu Ricard the happiest man they had ever tested.
The monk, molecular geneticist and confidant of the Dalai Lama, is passionately setting out why meditation can alter the brain and improve people's happiness in the same way that lifting weights puts on muscle.
"It's a wonderful area of research because it shows that meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree but it completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are," the Frenchman told AFP.
Ricard, a globe-trotting polymath who left everything behind to become a Tibetan Buddhist in a Himalayan hermitage, says anyone can be happy if they only train their brain.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-scientists-figured-out-who-the-worlds-happiest-man-is-2012-11
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...and now for my bit of snarkatude...
What I should be practicing is NOT reading the posts in the Politics 2012 forum! I would be much, much happier!
Looking forward to this being over soon.
Bill Maher about an hour ago
I know everyone's feeling stressed about the election - I suggest some deep breathing exercises - breathe in...hold the smoke..breathe out
I know everyone's feeling stressed about the election - I suggest some deep breathing exercises - breathe in...hold the smoke..breathe out
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