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Sharon Salzberg is a teacher of Asian meditation practices, particularly vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) methods. Her approaches also touch on the Brahmavihara meditations. All of these methods have their origins in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Together with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, she founded the Insight Meditation Society in 1974. She also co-founded (with Goldstein) the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in 1989. In 1998 they co-founded The Forest Refuge as a long-term meditation retreat center.

Her teaching focuses on vipassana and brahmavihara meditations.

An in-depth interview with Salzberg appears in the book "Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America," by Lenore Friedman. (Boston:Shambhala, Revised and Updated edition, 2000. ISBN: 1570624747)

[edit] Honors

Sharon Salzberg was honored by the New York Open Center [1]in 1999 for her "Outstanding Contribution to the Mindfulness of the West"

[edit] Appointments

Mind and Life Institute 2005 Investigating the Mind Conference, Panelist.
Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine, Contributing Editor.

[edit] Books

Heart as Wide as the World (1999) ISBN 1-57062-428-3
Voices of Insight (2001) ISBN 1-57062-769-X
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience (2003) ISBN 1-57322-340-9
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (2004) ISBN 1-59030-187-0
The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love and Compassion (2006) ISBN 1-59179-355-6

[edit] Audio Publications

Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditate (2002), with Joseph Goldstein ISBN 1-56455-906-8.
Lovingkindness Meditation (2005) ISBN 1-59179-268-1

[edit] External links

Sharon Salzberg's Website
Salzberg discusses meditation
Sharon Salzberg audio from the DIY Dharma site
Video interview with Sharon Salzberg
Yoga and Buddhism's adaptation in the West: an interview with ascent magazine.
A Teaching in Shambhala Sun Magazine
Audio Interview Series on Buddhist Geeks

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