Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – Ep. 270 – Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances Part 2

For episode 270, we bring you the second of a two-part episode from the archives.

Recorded in the early 2010s in a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, Sharon is teaching on Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances. You can listen to the first part of this teaching in Episode 269 of the Metta Hour: Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances Part 1

In this teaching, Sharon speaks about:

• Brief History of IMS

• The word Lovingkindness

• the cultural baggage of “love”

• The reality of interconnection

• “Never throw anyone out of your heart” – NKB

• Looking for the good

• How to make a gratitude list

• Sharon’s only joke

• Making different choices

Sharon then takes some questions from the audience on

• Feeling the sorrow of the world

• Balancing concentration in practice

• How do we open despite our conditioning

• Learn to let go of grievances

• The spaces between the breath

More from Sharon Salzberg:

Jump into the first episode of the Real Life Series with Jon Kabat-Zinn

Tune into Ep. 1 of the Metta Hour to learn about The Buddha Within

Listen to Sharon’s Meditative Story, Hosted By Rohan Gunatillake

Hear from Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg in Ep. 56 of Metta Hour