Sharon Salzberg

Real Love

Switching from a passive recipient of love to a living embodiment of it, we find real love.

Summer 2017

Three Ways to Practice Forgiveness

Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg guides us through an exercise that helps us cultivate kindness toward those who have harmed us (including our own selves).

By Sharon Salzberg

Mar 22, 2017

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Trike Daily Society & Environment

In the Spirit of Service

International aid leaders explain how Buddhism’s boundless states—lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity—manifest in their work.

By Sharon Salzberg, Pierre Ferrari, David G. Addiss, Ellen Agler and Jeffrey C. Walker

Apr 08, 2015

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Why I Support Fast Food Workers

The fast food strikes are about more than fair pay—they’re about recognizing the innate dignity of oneself and others.

By Sharon Salzberg

Dec 04, 2014

Real Happiness at Work

In this retreat, Sharon Salzberg offers meditations for accomplishment, achievement, and peace in the work place. Guiding us through practices that have application in both the professional and personal realms, she outlines an attitude to achieve real happiness at work.

By Sharon Salzberg

Feb 2014

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Magazine

Mindfulness and Difficult Emotions

It’s never too late to apply the skills of awareness.

By Sharon Salzberg

Spring 2013

Dharma Talks

Real Happiness: A 28-Day Meditation Program

In this retreat, Sharon Salzberg offers a distilled and comprehensive guide to meditation, from the basics of posture, breathing, and scheduling to the finer points of calming the mind, distraction, and addressing specific problems such as body pains and insomnia.

By Sharon Salzberg

Feb 2013

Trike Daily

Aung San Suu Kyi Speaks with Ann Curry at the Columbia University World Leaders Forum

This past Saturday Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, chair of the National League for Democracy, Member of Burmese Parliament, and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke with NBC News anchor Ann Curry about Burma’s future at the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Sharon Salzberg, Vipassana teacher and frequent Tricycle contributor, reflects on the […]

By Sharon Salzberg

Sep 24, 2012

Dharma Talks

The Five Hindrances

The Five Hindrances are obstacles that arise in our meditation practice—and in our lives—that throw us into confusion. They are: Desire, Aversion, Laziness, Restlessness, and Doubt. Each of them has its own way of knocking us off the path of practice, and yet, dealing with the Hindrances is our practice. If we had no negative emotional states to confront, we wouldn’t be on the spiritual path at all!

By Sharon Salzberg

Apr 2011

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: October 19th, 2018

Monks purify online vitriol with sacred fire, Burmese nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu is back, and Tibetan nuns earn advanced degrees. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Eliza Rockefeller

Oct 19, 2018

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

History & Philosophy

You Are What You Read

As the dharma is made relatable to modern Western culture, do Buddhism’s foundational texts risk becoming obsolete?

By Gabriel Lefferts

Fall 2018

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Reshaping How We See Ourselves

Everyone has a story about who they really are. Depending on how we write our stories, they can take a heavy toll on our mental and spiritual well-being—or they can liberate us. The Shinnyo-en Buddhist priest Qalvy Grainzvolt shares how the stories of those we look up to most—the Buddha, his disciples, or other role models—can help us inform and rewrite our self-narratives in ways that inspire confidence, compassion, and freedom from cages of our own making.

Qalvy Grainzvolt

Oct 2018

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