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A 69-year-old monk who scientists call the ‘world’s happiest man’ says the secret to being happy takes just 15 minutes a day

13 February 2016 Leave a Comment

"Who is the happiest man in the world? If you Google it, the name "Matthieu Ricard" pops up. "Matthieu Ricard, 69, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk originally from France who has been called "the world's happiest man." "That's because he participated in a 12-year brain study on meditation and compassion led by a neuroscientist from the University of Wisconsin, Richard Davidson. "Simple Capacity details the findings: "The scans showed that when meditating on compassion, Ricard’s brain produces a … Continue reading

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