Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg
Salzberg in 2020
Born (1952-08-05) August 5, 1952 (age 72)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Author
  • meditation teacher
Websitewww.sharonsalzberg.com

Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West.[1] In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her emphasis is on vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) methods,[2] and she has been leading meditation retreats around the world for several decades.[3][4]

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), Real Happiness – The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program (2010), which was on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011,[5] and the follow-up Real Happiness at Work (2013). She runs a Metta Hour podcast,[6] and contributes monthly to a column "On Being".[7]

  1. ^ Ricci, Claudia (August 24, 2011). "How One Book Changed My Life". Huffington Post.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Downing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sharon Salzberg (interview)". CBC Radio. November 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "Insight LA". University of the West. April 6, 2011. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Best Sellers, March 13, 2011". New York Times. March 13, 2011.
  6. ^ "Metta Hour Podcast – Sharon Salzberg". sharonsalzberg.com. Be Here Now Network and Sharon Salzberg, accessed 2021.
  7. ^ "On Being Column – Sharon Salzberg". sharonsalzberg.com. On Being and Sharon Salzberg, accessed 2021.