Sharon Salzberg: podcast appearances and interviews

Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher specializing in Buddhist meditation practice in the West. She co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in 1974 at Barre, Massachusetts, along with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her teaching emphasizes vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) methods, which have their roots in the Theravada Buddhist tradition and have been transmitted through teachings by Asian teachers such as Dipa Ma, Anagarika Munindra, and Sayadaw U Pandita. Salzberg has led meditation retreats around the world for several decades and has written several books on the subject, including Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, A Heart as Wide as the World, and Real Happiness – The Power of Meditation. The latter was a New York Times Best Seller in 2011. She also authored Real Happiness at Work and Love Your Enemies, the latter co-written with Robert Thurman. In addition to her teaching and writing, Salzberg hosts The Metta Hour podcast and contributes monthly to the column On Being, sharing insights on meditation and compassionate practice.