Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg (* 1952 in New York City ) is an American Buddhist meditation teacher and author.

Life

Sharon Salzberg came in 1969 during a philosophy course at the State University of New York, Buffalo, with Buddhism in contact. From 1970 to 1974 she lived in India, where she in 1971 in Bodhgaya made ​​an intensive meditation course for the first time. Upon her return to the United States Sharon Salzberg Vipassana meditation began to teach. Together with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield 1976, she founded the Insight Meditation Society ( IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. In 1989, Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg addition, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS ). In 2005, Sharon Salzberg participated in the 13th Conference of the Mind and Life Institute under the motto Investigating the Mind, at the Sacred Circles Conference at the Washington National Cathedral and the Peacemakers Conference.

Works

  • Jochen Lehner ( translator's ): Discover the power of meditation: The practice program for beginners. Heyne, Munich, 2013, ISBN 9783453702448
  • Eva Ottmer ( translator's ): Trust is like to take the next step. My spiritual path. Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Wien 2003, ISBN 3-451-28173-2
  • Ebba D. Drolshagen ( translator's ): Metta Meditation: Buddha's revolutionary road to happiness. Arbor -Verlag, free office in the Black Forest 2003, ISBN 9783924195908
  • Ute Weber ( translator's ): The wings of freedom. Arbor -Verlag, free office in the Black Forest 2002, ISBN 3-924195-76-5
  • June Neuberger ( translator's ): A heart as wide as the world. dtv, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-36279-0
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