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Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is one of America’s leading meditation teachers and authors. A student of Buddhism since 1971, she has led meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. She teaches both intensive awareness practice (vipassana, or insight meditation) and the profound cultivation of loving-kindness and compassion (the Brahma Viharas). Sharon is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. She is the author of many books, including The Force of Kindness; Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience; and A Heart as Wide as the World. Her latest book is The Kindness Handbook, published by Sounds True. www.sharonsalzberg.com

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