{"id":246,"date":"2007-11-04T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/video-matthieu-ricard-on-finding-happiness-through-mind-training\/"},"modified":"2013-09-24T10:19:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T18:19:54","slug":"video-matthieu-ricard-on-finding-happiness-through-mind-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/video-matthieu-ricard-on-finding-happiness-through-mind-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Matthieu Ricard on Finding Happiness Through Mind Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Buddhist monk, Matthieu Richard (the Dalai Lama&#8217;s righthand man), has a fascinating lecture on TED about the nature of happiness and how happiness can be found through mind training.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the topics covered include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The nature of happiness and why it is often ignored for the sake of other pursuits.<\/li>\n<li>The distinct different between happiness and pleasure.<\/li>\n<li>Training the mind to control emotions to find happiness in any situation.<\/li>\n<li>Scientifically measuring happiness and our ability to train the mind through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/science-proves-you-can-improve-your-mind\/\">neuro-plasticity<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--cut and paste--><object id=\"VE_Player\" width=\"432\" height=\"285\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/MATTHIEURICARD-2004_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/MATTHIEURICARD-2004_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><embed id=\"VE_Player\" width=\"432\" height=\"285\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" FlashVars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/MATTHIEURICARD-2004_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" quality=\"high\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" scale=\"noscale\" wmode=\"window\" flashvars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/MATTHIEURICARD-2004_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buddhist monk, Matthieu Richard (the Dalai Lama&#8217;s righthand man), has a fascinating lecture on TED about the nature of happiness and how happiness can be found through mind training. 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