World's happiest man Mathieu Ricard share insights...

Ajay0 · Jul 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM

Matthieu Ricard is considered to be 'the world's happiest man" as per scientists, as he had shown under tests conducted by neuroscientists to produce high levels of gamma waves, associated with well-being and focus.

Scientists studied the world's happiest man for 12 years. This is what they found

To reach the conclusion that Ricard is the world’s happiest man, neuroscientist Richard Davidson hooked the monk up to 256 sensors as he meditated on compassion. Davidson discovered that Ricard’s brain produced a level of gamma waves - which are linked to consciousness, attention, learning and memory - never before reported in scientific literature.

“The scans also showed excessive activity in his brain’s left prefrontal cortex compared to its right counterpart, allowing him an abnormally large capacity for happiness and a reduced propensity towards negativity,” Davidson wrote at the time.
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Here are some tips by Ricard on cultivating happiness...

'World's happiest man' says the secret to being happy takes just 15 minutes a day

Ricard believes everyone has the ability to have a lighter mind because there's a potential for goodness in every human. But, like a marathon runner who needs to train before he or she can run 26.2 miles, people who want to be happier need to train their minds. Ricard's preferred way of training his is meditation.

"With mental training, we can always bring [our level of happiness] to a different level," Ricard explained.

"It's like running. If I train, I might run a marathon. I might not become an Olympic champion, but there is a huge difference between training and not training. So why should that not apply to the mind? ... There is [a] view that benevolence, attention, emotional balance and resilience are skills that can be trained. So if you put them all together, you could say that happiness is a skill that can be trained."
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