Sharon Salzberg – Metta Hour Ep. 28 – Training Attention: Metta
“The tableaux of the meditative process may not look the way we think it should look.” Identifying and acknowledging our habitual thought patterns is…
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer and industry leader, a world-renowned teacher and New York Times bestselling author. As one of the first to bring meditation and mindfulness into mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, her relatable, demystifying approach has inspired generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers.
Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of eleven books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, her seminal work, Lovingkindness and her newest book, Real Change: Mindfulness To Heal Ourselves and the World, coming in September of 2020 from Flatiron Books. Sharon’s secular, modern approach to Buddhist teachings is sought after at schools, conferences and retreat centers around the world. Sharon is the host of her own podcast, The Metta Hour, featuring 100+ interviews with the top leaders and voices in the meditation and mindfulness movement, and her writing can be found on Medium, On Being, the Maria Shriver blog, and Huffington Post. Learn more at www.sharonsalzberg.com
“The tableaux of the meditative process may not look the way we think it should look.” Identifying and acknowledging our habitual thought patterns is…
This introduction to Metta gives insight into letting go of our negative state of mind, by cultivating kindness within. “It is the truth that…
“After some time I realized that what I was doing was trying to do my practice and make it work. Instead of just do…
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“So many unexpected ups and downs. Who can describe them? Isn’t life like a series of dreams? Within a vast dreamlike mirage.” – Khenpo…
“In delusion, we place our hearts on not noticing. Being in that stupor, being in a fog. Not seeing the truth of things. Somehow…
“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…
“The mind is naturally radiant and pure. The mind is shining. It is because of visiting forces that we suffer” – Gautama Buddha Sharon…