Matthieu Ricard (Part 1) - How the World's Happiest Man Found His Way

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Mo Gawdat

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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I'm truly honored to have Matthieu Ricard on Slo Mo for this incredible two-part episode. This is Part 1.There is a shroud of mystery surrounding the lives, intentions, struggles, and mindset of monks. What drives them to make such an apparently bold decision in the name of achieving true happiness? After speaking to Matthieu, it's clear that despite thinking the title of "World's Happiest Man" is nonsense, he exudes a joy, wisdom, and contentedness that speaks for itself. This conversation w...

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0:00.0	I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps
0:16.3	some nuggets of wisdom along the way.
0:20.3	This is your invitation to slow down with us.
0:25.7	Welcome to slow more. I am so honored today that my guest is Mathieu Ricard, but here is an icon on the global stage of happiness
0:44.1	and one of the most influential
0:46.4	happiness champions alive today.
0:49.2	He was born in France in 1946
0:52.3	to a mother that is a well-known French artist and a father that is a
0:57.4	renowned French philosopher. He went on to study to become a scientist, but once he finished his PhD degree in cell genetics, he moved to become a Buddhist monk.
1:11.0	One of the most renowned around the world because he was called the
1:15.8	world's happiest man after 45 years of practice.
1:20.6	Mathieu is also an author, a translator and a photographer, and his work has been celebrated in the
1:26.5	World Economic Forum at Davos and forums of the United Nations, and his TED Talk on
1:32.0	Happiness has been viewed by over 7 million people.
1:37.0	What a pleasure to have such an amazing teacher with us today.
1:41.5	Mathieu, thank you so much for being with me today. Mathieu, thank you so much for being with me today.
1:45.0	Hello?
1:47.0	Hello, Matthew.
1:50.0	I...
1:51.0	There you are. I'm inside because my it's a 40 Celsius here is it's a 40 Celsius here is it and I have my
2:00.7	97 years old mother not far and sometimes she likes to sing and all kinds of things.
2:07.0	Okay, that's great.
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