Sharon Salzberg

How One Book Changed My Life

Claudia Ricci | Posted 10.24.2011

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"Lovingkindness" is not a big book. Not at all. It's actually rather small. The pages are very tiny. And her message is not new. And yet, it is monumentally important.

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Practicing Loving Kindness In The Capital

Matteo Pistono | Posted 09.11.2011

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Although Sharon Salzberg's quiet, contemplative teachings appear to be in strong contrast with Krishna Das' kirtan, which often generates ecstatic dancing and emotions, both help harness the mind and focus one's awareness.

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A 500-Year Plan For Humanity's Mental Health

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 08.09.2011

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Altruistic acts need to be introduced into our mental health plans. If you choose some way to help future generations and you're involved on an ongoing basis, you will absolutely benefit psychologically.

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Meditation At Work: Breathing Lessons

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 11.17.2011

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This happens on more days than most: I am in a meeting, or working against a deadline, and it occurs to me that I am barely breathing.

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Opening The Heart With Lovingkindness

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

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What Is Real Happiness? Sharon Salzberg Has The Answer

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

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What is happiness? According to Sharon Salzberg, renowned meditation teacher and author of the new book, "Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation," ...

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Sharon Salzberg On How To Get Real Happiness

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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I think we are basically looking for a happiness that isn't going to be vulnerable to changing conditions. So that's what I am calling real happiness. We get it, I think, from happy inner resources.

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Want A Paradigm Shift? Meditate

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested. You don't have to believe anything, adopt a dogma in order to learn how to meditate.

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A Mindful Response to Egypt: Save the Children

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now more than ever, the children of Egypt are in the midst of violent clashes putting them at risk for death, injury or psychological trauma. The children still need our help!

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The Buddha's Five Protections - Part 2

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.

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What Can Basketball Teach Us About Lovingkindness?

Priscilla Warner | Posted 11.17.2011

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We should practice lovingkindness both on and off the court, on game days and off season, whether injured or healthy, in the prime of our game, or at the end of our careers.

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The Buddha's Five Protections - Part 1

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Buddha spoke about five ways to protect ourselves and our practice. Here I'll write about he first two of these, and continue with the rest next week.

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How Doing Nothing Can Help You Truly Live

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by, those actions that create suffering for ourselves and others, and get us into so much trouble.

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How Silence Can Help Us Unplug

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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And that in essence is what unplugging is about -- not hating our habits of news consumption or social discourse -- but being willing to experiment with our time and attention, the core treasures of our lives.

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One Who Protects The Truth Will Be Protected By It

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a saying, "One who protects the dhamma, the truth, will be protected by it." Sometimes this concept of protection is a little difficult for us to understand.

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Buddhism: Between Desire and Emptiness

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping, and it avoids the despair and nihilism born from the mistaken belief that nothing matters, that all is meaningless.

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Buddhism: Between Overindulgence And Self-Hatred

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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For us the question becomes, can we find that place in the middle of these extremes, neither fruitlessly clinging to transient experiences, nor working from a place of self-hatred?

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What's At The Finish Line?

Priscilla Warner | Posted 11.17.2011

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As the new year begins, I'm sure many people have set grandiose goals for themselves that they are determined to meet, with diligence and hard wo...

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There Is Always Trauma In The Room

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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I've done a little bit of work with soldiers returning from Iraq and have worked with domestic violence shelter workers on issues of vicarious trauma. I've also found in teaching the diverse groups who come for meditation guidance that, as someone once said to me, "There is always trauma in the room."

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Whole Lotta Firing Going On

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Donald Trump thought he'd made the words "You're Fired" so cool he tried to trademark them. But being the one on the other side of the desk can have its perils.

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Wanna Check out Buddhism? Top 10 Buddhist Teachers Living in America.

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011

Get thee to an eco meditation cushion, if only for a few minutes each morning before the day's madness ensues, and if you need a jump-start of inspiration or a little training, check out one of these Buddhist teachers.

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Election Hangovers: 3 Things To Do The Morning After

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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While some might naturally resist the idea of reconciliation, it's a perfect antidote to the sometimes toxic environment of American electoral politics. It's the change we need.

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