For episode nineteen of the Real Love Series on the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon looks at how we can cultivate compassion for our enemies with Lovingkindness practice. This episode features kirtan lead by Lily Cushman who is the co-founder and Read More
For episode eighteen of the Real Love Series on the Metta Hour podcast, Sharon speaks with Catherine Burns, from the Moth, about transforming our perspective and connecting with others through storytelling. Catherine Burns is The Moth’s long-time Artistic Director. In Read More
What Is Really Lost When You Compare Yourself To Others A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published February 19, 2018 The comparing mind in some ways can be seen as our friend. Our ability to find patterns, Read More
How to Train Your Mind to Recognize the Love All Around You A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published February 19, 2018 All love is a deep and often wordless connection, a resonance of the soul. Love Read More
Self-Love Is an Adventure, Not a Destination A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published February 13, 2018 Real love allows for failure and suffering. All of us have made real mistakes, and some of those mistakes were Read More
This week on the Metta Hour podcast, Sharon explores the powerful tools of meditation at the launch of the Eight Annual Real Happiness Meditation Challenge. Whether you are brand new to meditation, or a longtime practitioner, Sharon offers down-to-earth expertise Read More
For episode seventeen of the Real Love Series on the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon shares a conversation with Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell and Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison from the New York Zen Center For Contemplative Care. In this intimate conversation, Read More
How to Hold Hope Lightly A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published January 19, 2018 In the Buddhist tradition we tend to be a little skeptical of hope, or perhaps it’s better to say we hold hope Read More
For episode sixteen of the Real Love Podcast Series, Sharon has a candid conversation with author Robert Wright and Reverend angel Kyodo williams around Buddhism, love and politics. Recorded live in NYC at Union Theological Seminary, Sharon, Robert and Rev. angel Read More
Talking to Our Enemies A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published December 18, 2017 In these conflicted times our wounds and vulnerabilities, some of which occurred generations back, make it difficult for dialogue to begin or to Read More
