Sharon Salzberg

I will love myself as long as I never make a mistake.

— Sharon Salzberg

Rapture is the gateway to nirvana.

— Sharon Salzberg

When you're wide open, the world is a good place.

— Sharon Salzberg

Once in a while, you have to let your mind just go.

— Sharon Salzberg

At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Real love allows for failure and suffering.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Living in a story of a limited self—to any degree—is not love.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Keeping secrets is a consequential act for all involved.”

— Sharon Salzberg

We need to redefine community and find a variety of ways of coming together and helping each other.

— Sharon Salzberg

“As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American.”

— Sharon Salzberg

My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level…

— Sharon Salzberg

“In Buddhism there is one word for mind & heart: chitta. Chitta refers not just to thoughts and emotions in the narrow…

— Sharon Salzberg

It is in the act of offering our hearts in faith that something in us transforms... proclaiming that we no longer stand…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Love seems to open and expand us right down to the cellular level, while fear causes us to contract and withdraw into…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.”

— Sharon Salzberg

There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism— a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves again and again, feeling the pain anew.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Science tells us that love not only diminishes the experience of physical pain but can make us—and our beloveds—healthier.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Our can-do culture has made many of us believe that we should always be self-sufficient. Somewhere along the way, we also got…

— Sharon Salzberg

“No matter what we think we should do, I don’t think you can coerce yourself into loving your neighbor—or your boss—when you…

— Sharon Salzberg

“We have to know ourselves to know where we end and another person begins, and we have to develop the skills to…

— Sharon Salzberg

“I believe that there is only one kind of love—real love—trying to come alive in us despite our limiting assumptions, the distortions…

— Sharon Salzberg

“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present;…

— Sharon Salzberg

We apply our effort to be mindful, to be aware in this very moment, right here and now, and we bring a…

— Sharon Salzberg

There's a famous quotation from the time the Buddha learned of the deaths of two of his greatest disciples: "It's as if…

— Sharon Salzberg

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive,…

— Sharon Salzberg

“It's important to investigate the nature of anger because it is such a powerful energy and can be so destructive. When we…

— Sharon Salzberg

“If you do not feel any resonance with this teaching about many lifetimes, you can still understand this radical nonseparation from all…

— Sharon Salzberg

“CORE MEDITATION: Breathing This classic meditation can deepen concentration by teaching us to focus on the “in breath” and the “out breath.”…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Loving kindness is a form of love that truly is an ability, and, as research scientists have show, it can be learned.…

— Sharon Salzberg

Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate…

— Sharon Salzberg

It's easy for us to feel separate from other people and from other forms of life, especially if we don't have a…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our…

— Sharon Salzberg