Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg

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

Life

Sharon Salzberg first came into contact with Buddhism in 1969 while taking a philosophy course at the State University of New York, Buffalo . From 1970 to 1974 she lived in India, where she first took an intensive meditation course in Bodhgaya in 1971 . Upon her return to the United States , Sharon Salzberg began teaching Vipassana meditation. Together with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield , she founded the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre , Massachusetts in 1976 . In 1989, Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg also founded 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 , in the Sacred Circles Conference in the Washington National Cathedral and in the Peacemakers Conference .

Works

  • Jochen Lehner (transl.): Discover the power of meditation: The practice program for beginners . Heyne, Munich 2013, ISBN 9783453702448
  • Eva Ottmer (translator): Trust means taking the next step. My spiritual path . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-451-28173-2
  • Ebba D. Drolshagen (translator): Metta meditation: Buddha's revolutionary path to happiness . Arbor-Verlag, Freiamt im Schwarzwald 2003, ISBN 9783924195908
  • Ute Weber (translator): The wings of freedom . Arbor-Verlag, Freiamt im Schwarzwald 2002, ISBN 3-924195-76-5
  • June Neuberger (transl.): A heart as wide as the world . dtv, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-36279-0

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personal data
SURNAME Salzberg, Sharon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Buddhist author and meditation teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City