“Loving kindness practice helps us move out of the terrain of our default narratives if they tend to be based on fear… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“From our first breath to our last, we’re presented again and again with the opportunity to experience deep, lasting, and trans-formative connection… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“if we really look at our actions with eyes of love, we see that our lives can be more straightforward, simpler, less… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
You might have extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we don’t allow setbacks to defeat us, they become opportunities for learning, acceptance, flexibility, and patience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, our bodies often hold the answer—if we take the time to stop… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we direct a lot of hostile energy toward the inner critic, we enter into a losing battle.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we need to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
