Sharon Salzberg Audio & Video

Now as I look more deeply into lovingkindness, I find that it actually rests on another foundation, the expression of faith.

Robert Thurman is an American Buddhist writer and academic who has written, edited or translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism.

The Metta Hour podcast is focused on the work of Buddhist meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg, and features her talks to a live audience during various retreats.

In this talk Sharon Salzberg looks at meditation not as a religious practice but as a skill that can be learned much like any other skill. She tells many stories from her over 20 years of teaching meditation and creating the Insight Meditation Society.

The number of Buddhist meditation centers in North America has doubled in little more than a decade, confirming the ever-widening appeal of this ancient approach to inner peace and self-understanding.

In this interview from MeaningOfLife.tv, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society Sharon Salzberg talks about her spiritual path while introducing listener's to many concepts of Buddhist practice.

We tend to think of faith as a commodity you either have or you don’t. But in many of the world’s wisdom traditions, faith isn’t something you possess; it’s something you do.

From one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation comes a guidebook for how to use mindfulness to build our inner strength, find balance, and help create a better world.

Thousands of years prove it, and Western science backs it: Meditation sharpens focus. Meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves chronic pain, reduces stress. Meditation helps us experience greater calm.

Most of us are well aware of the benefits of meditation, and new research is providing us with more and more evidence of what the world's spiritual traditions have known for years: meditation can positively impact every area of our lives.