Last Updated on February 19, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org
Matthieu Ricard with a PhD. In cellular genetics, son of the famous french philosopher Jean-François Revel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Revel
and the famous french painter Yahne Le Toumelin:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahne_Le_Toumelin
became a rich and famous Buddhist monk and humanitarian:
https://www.matthieuricard.org/en/
Matthieu Ricard father died on 30. April 2006. Was he so rich, that Matthieu Ricard turned from a Buddhist monk into a rich humanitarian?
No, Matthieu Ricard founded already in 2000 Karuna-Shechen:
https://www.matthieuricard.org/en/karuna-shechen
Did Matthieu Ricard make this much money out of his books that he could do this? Or did he have other rich family members who allowed him to do this?