About Sharon Salzberg:
Sharon Salzberg is a New York Times Best selling author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices 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 vipassan? (insight) and mett? (loving-kindness) methods, and has been leading meditation retreats around the world for over three decades. All of these methods have their origins in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Her books include Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (1995), A Heart as Wide as the World (1999) and Real Happiness - The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program (2010), which was on the The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011.
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
Sharon SalzbergThe key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
Sharon SalzbergWhile happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
Sharon SalzbergOur practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
Sharon SalzbergVulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
Sharon SalzbergThrough meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.
Sharon SalzbergOur path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.
Sharon SalzbergCompassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
Sharon SalzbergEvery single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.
Sharon Salzberg