Last Updated on December 27, 2025 by pg@petergamma.org
Loten Dahortsang
lived for 17 years in the Rikon Tibet Institute and is now a self-employed teacher
Pema Wangyal
lived for 17 years in the Rikon Tibet Institute and is now a self-employed teacher
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pema-wangyal-3957aa1a2
Matthieu Ricard
Was born in France. He is the son of Jean-François Revel, a renowned French philosopher. He received a PhD degree in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972. He then decided to forsake his scientific career and instead practice Tibetan Buddhism, living mainly in the Himalayas.
But why has he not become a teacher? Because he has become a:
Humanitarian, Author and Photographer
Matthieu Ricard was once entitled as “the happiest man in the world”. But we found in the GQ Men s Magazine that Matthieu Ricard wishes you wouldn’t call him like that:
https://www.gq.com/story/happiest-man-in-the-world-matthieu-ricard