Sunday, March 27, 2022

The habits of happiness | Matthieu Ricard


What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community.

The four Vedas are the oldest sacred books of the Vedic tradition. Each one had a job in the sacrifice.

  Rigveda. A book of hymns. Poets praise Agni, the fire, Indra, the warrior god, and Soma, the sacred drink, and ask them to come to the of...