Recorded live at the 2022 Summer Mountain Retreat, Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman and Ragu Marx explore the true essence of love through the lens of service, social action and selflessness.
Participate in Boone, North Carolina this year at the 2025 Summer Mountain Retreat In this episode, Sharon, Robert and Ragu are invited to join us in the process of nurturing love, not as a capacity that we can develop, not as a capacity that we can develop, not as a capacity that we can develop, but as a capacity that we can develop, not as a person to develop, but as a way to recognize that we love the concept of Metta. If we are not happy ourselves, identifying the pitfalls of ego-driven narcissism and how it confuses our true bliss and spiritual connections, we face the challenge of practicing loving things with those closest to us, thinking whether we really want happiness to others — often all the hardest tests
“When I thought I was feeling love, it was also a commodity. It was in the hands of someone else and they could bestow it on me. They could take it from me… When I consider it a abilities, it may be in me, that other people might wake up, threaten or threaten, but in the end it’s mine. It’s my responsibility.
About Sharon Salzberg:
Sharon Salzberg is a pioneer in meditation, a world-renowned teacher, and a bestselling author of the New York Times. She was one of the first to bring mindfulness and loving meditation to American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring meditation teachers and health influencers. Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and is the author of 12 books, including The New York Times bestseller Real Happiness, the current second edition, her inventive work, and LovingKindness. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has accumulated 5 million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders that are more than the mindfulness movement. For more information about Sharon and her book, visit www.sharonsalzberg.com
About Robert Thurman:
Robert Thurman is Professor Jay Tun Kapa of India-Tibetan Buddhism Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of Tibetan House America, and President of the Institute of American Buddhist Studies. His new book, Wisdom, is bliss. 4 friendly and fun facts that can change your life are now available.
About Ragu Marx:
Ragu Marx spent two years in India with Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Das. He has been involved in music and transformation media since the early 1970s. Currently he is the executive director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation and hosts the MindRolling Podcast on the Be Here Now Network. Along with Duncan Trussell, Ragu recently co-created my film into ours.
More Here Now Network Podcast: Rama Rod Owens covers the dharma of freedom, love yourself, work of ancestors, the power of meditation: Devotion to liberation Joanna Hardy shares guided meditations around the first foundations of mindfulness – Mindfulness of body mindfulness: First foundations through guided meditation, love, worship ecological devastation: Buddhist master tic nhat hanh explores ways to bring mindfulness to everyday activities such as telephone, driving, walking and more.
