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Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

 Be Here Now Network

The Sharon Salzberg Metta Hour features Buddhist philosophy in a practical, common sense vernacular. Sharon’s natural wisdom, sense of humor and the ease with which she translates these teachings forge an intimate connection with the listener. From everyday experiences to pithy revelations, each podcast is a journey on the path of self-discovery.


Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author.

She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Her forthcoming release, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom, is set for release in April of 2023 from Flatiron Books. www.sharonsalzberg.com

Society & Culture Meditation Buddhism Religion & Spirituality
Update frequency
every 12 days
Average duration
57 minutes
Episodes
270
Years Active
2014 - 2025
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Ep. 10 – Mindful Millennials

Ep. 10 – Mindful Millennials

Sharon Salzberg and Jared Levy join Raghu Markus for a discussion about the current spiritual landscape, and some of the more encouraging contrasts from their earlier days in practice. The group also…
00:57:36  |   Mon 23 Feb 2015
Ep. 9 – It's All About Relationship

Ep. 9 – It's All About Relationship

Sharon details her origin story in relation to mindfulness practice and describes the different approaches we can take in integrating meditation into our lives. The core teaching begins with the reco…
00:49:37  |   Sat 07 Feb 2015
Ep. 8 – Love is Space

Ep. 8 – Love is Space

‘Develop a mind so filled with love that it resembles space’. Sharon uses this quote, from the Buddha, to emphasize the value in creating a vast and loving space from which we can operate. This culti…
00:34:41  |   Mon 05 Jan 2015
Ep. 7 – Aspirations

Ep. 7 – Aspirations

What is it that we are really looking for from our lives, and do we have the ability to approach these aspirations with genuine confidence? In meditation, we get to redefine happiness, and look criti…
00:29:46  |   Mon 22 Dec 2014
Ep. 6 – Foundations of Forgiveness

Ep. 6 – Foundations of Forgiveness

Through Loving Kindness we sense our deep connection to the world around us. From that awareness arises compassion, which recognizes suffering, on all levels, and responds accordingly. Loving kindnes…
00:24:45  |   Thu 04 Dec 2014
Ep. 5 – The Eightfold Path

Ep. 5 – The Eightfold Path

Sharon is joined by her longtime friend, and fellow MindPod patron, Raghu Markus, for a thoughtful and thorough discussion of the principles involved in the Buddhist teaching of the Eightfold Path, a…
00:45:39  |   Tue 18 Nov 2014
Ep. 4 – The Brahma Viharas

Ep. 4 – The Brahma Viharas

In this talk, from the 2010 Open Your Heart in Paradise retreat, Sharon discusses the four virtues, known within the Buddhist tradition as the Brahma Viharas, as well as the meditation practices desi…
00:39:28  |   Tue 28 Oct 2014
Ep. 3 – Faith and Loving Kindness

Ep. 3 – Faith and Loving Kindness

Within Buddhism, Faith is not held as a commodity, but is actually experienced as a journey that we embark upon. It becomes necessary to explore and investigate the insight surrounding this extraordi…
00:42:32  |   Wed 01 Oct 2014
Ep. 2 – Meditation

Ep. 2 – Meditation

Taken from the 2010 Open Your Heart in Paradise retreat, Sharon relates the act of meditation to an alchemical process in which we convert the conceptual into the felt presence of direct experience. …
00:36:42  |   Mon 29 Sep 2014
Ep. 1 – The Buddha Within

Ep. 1 – The Buddha Within

In this talk, Sharon touches on the concept of the Buddha as a human being, who had real questions, much like our own. What he discovered was found through the power of his own awareness, and through…
00:39:13  |   Tue 23 Sep 2014
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