We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
—Sharon Salzberg in The Force of Kindness
—Sharon Salzberg in The Force of Kindness
Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. 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, and she has been leading...