Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her emphasis is on vipassanā and mettā methods, and she has been leading meditation retreats around the world for several decades. All of these methods have their origins in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Her books include Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, A Heart as Wide as the World, Real Happiness – The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program, which was on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011, the follow-up Real Happiness at Work, and Love Your Enemies. She runs a Metta Hour podcast, and contributes monthly to a column "On Being". Read more

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