Sharon Salzberg's Dharma Talks
Sharon Salzberg
The most compelling part of my practice right now comes in the form of my writing. For a long time, I've focused my teaching and writing on lovingkindness. Now as I look more deeply into lovingkindness, I find that it actually rests on another foundation, the expression of faith.
Faith is the topic I am exploring most in teaching and writing. Today there is a tremendous upsurge of interest in a new kind of faith, based on a practice where people can experience a direct spirituality, one without rigid dogma or compulsory belief in a specific cosmology. This is a spirituality that rests on personal transformation.
Vipassana allows us to take a method of mind training and craft a way of life that is more compassionate, more ethical and more powerful than our unawakened lives. The Buddha's teachings give us an immediate experience of what we can do to change. Faith in the teachings means we align ourselves with a vision of our greatest possibilities. This is the heart of the practice.
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Select from Sharon Salzberg's
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2004-03-23
3 Personality Types
2003-07-22
4 Brahma Viharas
2005-01-31
4 Brahma Viharas
1999-07-28
A Heart as Wide as the World
2005-02-02
Action
2007-02-07
Aspiration
2001-11-09
Aspiration
1984-10-10
Attachment, Aversion, Delusion
1985-10-08
Attachment, Aversion, And Delusion
1986-10-14
Attachment. Aversion & Dukkha
2000-01-26
Awareness and the Four Brahma Viharas
2004-11-21
Balance
2004-11-21
Balance
2005-07-19
Balance
1996-11-18
Balance of the Four Brahma Viharas
1983-10-02
Being Present
2004-03-18
Brahma Vihara
2006-02-10
Brahma Viharas
1996-02-08
Brahma Viharas
2002-07-23
Brahma Viharas
1985-12-05
Brahma Viharas
2009-05-01
Caring for Others and Ourselves
2009-02-08
Closing
1984-03-11
Closing Talk
2001-02-17
Closing Talk
2000-12-09
Closing Talk
2001-02-17
Closing Talk
1984-03-11
Closing Talk - Metta
2008-01-14
Closing Talk - Sharon Salzburg And Susan O'brien
1993-08-29
Closing Talk & Metta
2001-11-05
Compassion
2014-01-13
Concentration and Insight
2001-12-01
Concentration: Two Streams of Meditation
1993-10-03
Craving and Desire
1984-09-27
Dana, Sila, Metta
1997-01-23
Delusion
2003-12-31
Delusion
2001-11-23
Delusion
2002-03-01
Delusion
1992-10-07
Desire, Aversion And Doubt
2011-10-16
Developing Mindfulness with Children - A Workshop for Adults
Afternoon Session
2011-10-16
Developing Mindfulness with Children - A Workshop for Adults
Morning Session
2001-12-05
Dharma Talk
1983-10-26
Disentangling
2006-02-06
Doubt
2001-11-18
Doubt
1988-12-02
Equanimity
2009-09-12
Equanimity
1997-08-02
Equanimity
2001-12-07
Equanimity
1987-10-10
Equanimity
2010-01-13
Equanimity and Faith
2022-04-03
Equanimity in the context of mindfulness
1983-11-26
Faith
2005-02-12
Faith
2002-08-07
Faith
2002-07-27
Faith and Practice in Daily Life
2002-07-27
Faith and Practice in Daily Life
1995-09-07
Faith In Ourselves
1995-09-07
Faith In Ourselves #1
1995-09-15
Faith In Ourselves #2
2007-07-09
Five Hindrances
2008-01-10
Five Hindrances
2002-02-18
Five Hindrances
2001-02-12
Five Hindrances
1996-11-10
Five Hindrances
1988-10-21
Five Protections
1988-04-01
Force Of Metta
2018-05-20
Four Brahma Viharas
2010-02-12
Four Brahma Viharas.
2003-02-15
Going Home
2004-12-12
Going Home
2005-07-23
Going Home
2003-02-15
Going Home
2003-05-23
Going Home
2005-07-02
Going Home
2003-02-10
Grasping, Aversion, Doubt
2012-01-06
Great Renunciation, Great Realization and Great Brave Mind
1995-02-10
Greed, Hatred, And Delusion
2013-10-21
Guest teacher Sharon Salzberg at the NYI People of Color Sangha
2004-11-16
Guided Compassion Meditation
1993-11-16
Guided Compassion Meditation
2022-04-03
Guided loving-kindness practice
1989-11-23
Guided Lovingkindness Meditation
1993-10-26
Guided Metta - All Beings
1998-02-01
Guided Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation
1993-12-07
Guided Upekkha (Equanimity)
1992-01-27
Happiness
1997-08-01
Happiness
1991-02-09
Happiness And Joy
2004-07-11
High School Retreat
1991-04-10
Hindrances
1984-10-12
History and Foundation of Practices
1988-04-01
Intensive Metta Instructions - I
1988-04-01
Intensive Metta Instructions - II
1988-04-01
Intensive Metta Practice: Part 1 And 2
2022-04-03
Introduction to basic mindfulness meditation
2006-02-13
Introduction To Metta
2005-01-29
Introduction to Metta
2010-08-15
Introduction to Metta and Compassion
2015-04-26
Introduction to Metta, Loving-Kindness
1986-11-14
Investigation
1990-09-27
Letting Go Of Attachment
1999-07-22
Living the Practice
2010-01-09
Loving kindness
2015-04-18
Lovingkindness
2004-03-27
Making the Real Practice
2004-01-03
Making the Real Practice
2008-01-11
Meditation Instructions
2008-01-14
Meditation Instructions
1995-09-26
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
1995-10-20
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
2007-02-03
Metta
2004-03-15
Metta and Hindrances
2001-02-06
Metta and Intention
2018-05-17
Metta Meditation
2017-05-17
Metta Retreat Introduction
1988-04-01
Metta/lovingkindness
1998-06-14
Mindfulness
2025-04-30
Mindfulness
1992-02-01
Morning and Afternoon Instructions - Q&A
2008-02-16
Morning Instructions
2008-02-12
Morning Instructions
1993-10-21
Morning Q&A
1993-11-12
Morning Q&A
1995-10-21
Morning Q&A
1993-10-30
Morning Q&A
1993-11-01
Morning Q&A
1993-12-08
Morning Q&A
2022-04-03
Naming your inner critic
1987-12-05
Nibbana
2020-12-13
Online Fundraising Event for Gaia House, with Sharon Salzberg.
2005-01-28
Opening Metta with Mark Coleman, Lila Wheeler
2003-07-18
Opening Night
2008-08-29
Opening Talk
2009-02-01
Opening Talk
1984-03-09
Opening Talk
2003-01-31
Opening Talk
2002-02-22
Opening Talk
1999-02-05
Opening Talk
2002-07-19
Opening Talk
1995-09-22
Opening Talk
2018-05-16
Opening Talk
1999-02-12
Opening Talk - Vipassana Retreat
2003-12-28
Opening Talk and Meditation
2003-05-17
Opening Talk and Meditation
2002-07-19
Opening Talk and Refuges with Kamala and Steve
2007-02-02
Opening Talk Metta 2-2-07
2007-07-07
Opening Talk Poc
2006-02-12
Opening Talk, Metta Retreat: Sharon, Mark, Linda
1999-06-01
Opening to Metta
1997-12-08
Perspective
1997-02-22
Practice In The World
2008-11-01
Practice in Unprecedented Times
1995-12-01
Q&A
1995-11-26
Q&A
1995-11-24
Q&A
1995-11-17
Q&A
1995-11-02
Q&A
1986-11-20
Rapture
1986-11-20
Rapture
1986-11-20
Rapture, 5 Protections
2014-02-10
Real Happiness At Work
2014-08-24
Real Happiness: at Work and in Life: Afternoon Part I,
Talk on Lovingkindness …
2014-08-23
Real Happiness: at Work and in Life: Evening Talk
2014-08-24
Real Happiness: at Work and in Life: Morning Part I, Intro Talk & Guided Medita…
2014-08-24
Real Happiness: at Work and in Life: Morning Part II, Talk & Q&A
2014-08-24
Real Happiness: at Work and in Life: Morning Part III,Talk & Q&A
2004-03-19
Refuge and Precepts
2008-02-15
Relationship Of The Four Brahma Viharas
1993-12-06
Responding To Life With Equanimity
2004-05-01
Retreat Opening Talk
1984-09-29
Right Effort
2002-02-25
Right Effort
1985-10-04
Right Effort And Right Understanding
2008-08-30
Skills Of Meditation And The Five Hindrances
2005-07-19
Spirit Rock
1997-02-20
Suffering As An Opening To Faith
1985-11-27
Sustaining Practice-4 Reflections
2000-11-22
Sympathetic Joy
2003-07-26
Taking Our Practice Into Daily Life
2004-11-06
Taking Refuge
2004-11-06
Taking Refuge
2001-12-12
Talk
1984-10-25
Ten Paramis - part I
1984-10-27
Ten Paramis - part II
1984-01-02
Ten Qualities Of Wisdom
2002-02-21
The 4 Brahma Viharas
2002-07-23
The 4 Brahma Viharas
2005-02-07
The 5 Hindrances
2001-02-12
The 5 Hindrances
2022-04-03
The balance of relaxation and energy in meditation
2003-02-03
The Brahma Viharas
2002-02-03
The Brahma Viharas
2001-11-21
The Brahma Viharas
1997-11-11
The Buddha And The Dharma
1997-11-11
The Buddha As A Historical Figure
2008-02-12
The Five Hindrances
1997-08-04
The Five Hindrances
2009-02-03
The Five Hindrances And Metta
1988-10-21
The Five Protections
2007-05-16
The Force of Kindness
1992-02-20
The Force Of Metta: Lovingkindness
1987-06-21
The Foundation of Practice
2003-05-20
The Four Brahma Viharas
1996-02-08
The Four Brahma Viharas
2022-04-03
The four Brahmavihārās
1987-06-19
The Middle Way
1987-10-18
The Middle Way
2004-11-13
The Nature Of Doubt
2004-11-13
The Nature of Doubt
1999-02-08
The Nature of Metta
1992-02-16
The Path
2015-04-18
The Power of Loving Kindness (Introduction to Metta Practice)
2010-08-15
The Practice of Metta (Lovingkindness)
1992-11-18
The Quality Of Mudita
1984-10-25
The Ten Parmis Part 1
2004-03-23
Three Personality Types
1989-09-23
Three Refuges & Precepts
2009-09-18
Three Skills Of Meditation
2006-02-16
Three Visionary Statements Of The Buddha
2002-10-28
To Have a Life
2010-02-08
Training Attention: Metta
1996-11-24
Trust in Ourselves
1996-11-24
Trust in Ourselves
1996-12-08
Trust in the Process
1996-12-08
Trust in the Process
2004-12-05
Unknown
1999-07-26
View of Metta
2002-02-15
Welcome Talk
2004-11-27
Working With Hindrance Through Concentration And Mindfulness
2004-11-27
Working with Hindrances through Concentration and Mindfulness
1992-10-05
Working With The Hard Stuff
2013-10-05
Workshop: Lovingkindness
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Select one of Sharon Salzberg's 35 retreats
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1900-01-01
NYI Regular Talks
1900-01-01
TNI Regular Talks
1983-09-01
1983 Three Month Retreat
1984-09-27
1984 Three Month Retreat
1987-09-15
1987 Three Month Retreat
1988-09-20
1988 Three Month Retreat
1989-09-21
1989 Three Month Retreat
1997-08-01
Retreat with Sharon Salzberg and Sharda Rogell
1998-02-01
IMS Audio Files
1999-06-01
Retreat with Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg
2002-02-15
Metta Retreat
2002-02-22
Vipassana Retreat
2003-01-31
Metta Retreat
2003-02-07
Vipassana Retreat
2004-11-05
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2005-01-28
Metta Retreat
2006-02-03
Vipassana Retreat
2006-02-12
Metta Retreat
2007-02-02
Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat
2007-07-07
People of Color Retreat
2008-01-08
Scientists Retreat
2008-02-10
Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat
2008-08-29
Labor Day Weekend
2009-02-01
Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat
2009-09-10
Caring for the Caregivers: Insight Meditation Retreat for Home Health and Hospi…
2009-09-17
Insight Meditation Weekend for Scientists
2010-01-08
Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat for Scientists & Educators
2010-02-07
Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat
2010-08-15
Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe
2014-01-10
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modaliti…
2017-05-17
Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2018-05-16
Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2020-12-13
Gaia House Fundraising Event - with Sharon Salzberg
2022-04-03
Sharon Salzberg – Finding Balance in Challenging Times
2025-04-28
IMS Retreat with Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg & Matthew Hepburn - 25FF
2010-08-15
The Practice of Metta (Lovingkindness)
39:37
This is the second talk of the "Metta and Compassion" daylong, containing a dharma talk, a guided metta/lovingkindness meditation and a question-answer session.
This day focuses on the development of lovingkindness and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. These qualities of the heart diminish fear and isolation, and further our understanding of interconnectedness. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators.
New York Insight Meditation Center
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Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe
2010-08-15
Introduction to Metta and Compassion
34:16
This is first talk of the Metta and Compassion daylong, introducing lovingkindness (metta) and compassion (karuna).
This day focuses on the development of lovingkindness and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. These qualities of the heart diminish fear and isolation, and further our understanding of interconnectedness. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators.
New York Insight Meditation Center
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Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe
2004-11-27
Working With Hindrance Through Concentration And Mindfulness
52:09
This teaching begins with an overview of the Five Hindrances: Desire, Aversion, Sloth and Torpor, Restlessness, and Doubt and continues with a thorough discussion of the Five Jhanic Factors: Aiming one’s mind, Investigation, Raptness, Comfort in Being, and One-pointedness which the meditator uses to effectively deal with and utilize the Five Hindrances in deepening her/his practice. The meditator gains perspective, alertness, connection, caring, and energy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2004-11-13
The Nature Of Doubt
44:24
Wholesome doubt, unwholesome doubt, and the types of faith are explored in the first part of this talk. In the second part, how to utilize all of them in the development of one’s practice is thoroughly covered with emphasis on careful attention, wholeheartedness, the importance of showing up and making the effort, the antidotes to unwholesome doubt, and helpful strategies for getting unstuck from unwholesome doubt.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
