Last Updated on April 2, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
He was one of the «olympic level meditators» which where investigated in this paper which was published in PNAS in 2004:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0407401101
In the following video, the PNAS paper from 2004 is reviewed by Altered Traits co-author Daniel Goleman:
Goleman called these mediators “olympic level meditators” with “extraordinary brain waves”.
One of the videos with Matthieu Ricard was removed from YouTube. Fortunately we found it again. Here it is:
Matthieu Ricard at 2:30 as young monk:
Matthieu Ricard in 2024 at the age 78:
Is Matthieu Ricard still an olympic level meditator in the year 2024? In a more recent interview, Ricard says he meditates 20 min. a day. Is this enough as a daily practice? What is your opinion about this topic? Write it in the comments below.