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| Sharon Salzberg was 18 when she left New York to travel in India in search of Truth. |
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| Tara Brach on the transformative power of radical compassion (mindful.org) |
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| AUDIO: American Buddhist teachers Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg (KCRW FM) |
Who is psychologist Tara Brach?
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Dr. Tara Brach, Ph.D. (born May 17, 1953) is an American psychologist, author, and Buddhist meditator.
She is a guiding teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW). Brach also teaches Buddhist meditation at centers for meditation and yoga in the United States and Europe, including Spirit Rock Meditation Center near San Francisco, California; the Kripalu Center; and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.
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Brach is an Engaged Buddhist, specializing in the application of Buddhist teachings like mindfulness meditation for emotional healing.
She has authored several books on these subjects, including Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, and Radical Compassion. More
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Who is awakened American Sharon Salzberg?
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| Key to meditation: "Begin again." |
In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society outside Boston, in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow teachers Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her emphasis is on insight meditation (vipassanā) and loving-kindness (mettā).
She has been leading meditation retreats around the world for over three decades, with methods originating in Theravada Buddhism.
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| I meditate. Mind wanders. Begin again. |
She runs the Metta Hour podcast and contributes monthly to a column On Being. More
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