Sharon Salzberg - Love and Wisdom

Mind & Life - A podcast by Mind & Life Institute

In this episode, Wendy speaks with renowned and beloved meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg. Sharon has been teaching meditation in the West for over 40 years, and is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society. Their conversation covers many topics, including: finding Buddhism and meditation as a teenager, and where it led her; her experience as a woman in the early contemplative movement; loving kindness & metta, and their relationship to prayer; love as an ability; the role of narrative and story-telling in our world and minds; a call for balance and self-compassion on the path; the role of the body in meditation; why contemplation matters for societal change; and living into our interconnection. Full show notes and resources