Sharon Salzberg – Metta Hour Podcast
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness.
Her forthcoming release, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom, is set for release in April of 2023 from Flatiron Books. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed five million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. www.sharonsalzberg.com
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Most Recent Sharon Salzberg Metta Hour Podcasts
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 23 – Practicing in the World
“So many unexpected ups and downs. Who can describe them? Isn’t life like a series of dreams? Within a vast dreamlike mirage.” – Khenpo…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 22 – The Cloud of Delusion
“In delusion, we place our hearts on not noticing. Being in that stupor, being in a fog. Not seeing the truth of things. Somehow…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 21 – Suffering as an Opening to Faith
“There is something quite magical that happens that’s like alchemy. It’s like purification where one takes the suffering and somehow born out of it…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 20 – The Five Hindrances
“The mind is naturally radiant and pure. The mind is shining. It is because of visiting forces that we suffer” – Gautama Buddha Sharon…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 19 – Greed, Hatred, and Delusion
Greed, Hatred, and Delusion: Sharon outlines a few of the more powerful conditioned forces that can often motivate and form the basis for our…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 18 – Balance
An exploration of the potential role of balance in bringing liberation from the tyranny of the form of practice, by looking beyond the various…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 17 – Doubt
Doubt is essentially a form of indecision, a crossroads at which we are hesitant to move in any specific direction. It can be truly…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 16 – Perspective
There are so many events that occur completely unbeknownst to us throughout our day-to-day lives. Our understanding changes when we discover that the possibility…
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 15 – Three Visionary Statements of the Buddha
Sharon analyzes a few of the great sage’s three visionary statements in an effort to illuminate the practical truth therein. Whether interpreted through text…