Guest Teacher: Sharon Salzberg

  • 20 Mar 2018
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • JABA, 674 Hillsdale Drive

IMCC welcomed Sharon Salzberg as guest teacher on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00pm in Charlottesville, VA. Sharon led meditation, followed by a dharma talk.


About Sharon

Born in New York City in 1952, Sharon Salzberg experienced a childhood involving considerable loss and turmoil. An early realization of the power of meditation to overcome personal suffering determined her life direction. Her teaching and writing now communicates that power to a worldwide audience of practitioners. 

In 1971, in Bodh Gaya, India, Sharon attended her first intensive meditation course. She spent the next years engaged in intensive study with highly respected meditation teachers. She returned to America in 1974 and began teaching vipassana (insight) meditation. 

In 1976, she established, together with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield, the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts, which now ranks as one of the most prominent and active meditation centers in the Western world. Sharon and Joseph Goldstein expanded their vision in 1989 by co-founding the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS). In 1998, they initiated the Forest Refuge, a long-term retreat center secluded in a wooded area on IMS property.

Today Sharon leads teaches a variety of offerings around the globe. She is the author of nine books. She is a weekly columnist for “On Being,” and has her own podcast called “The Metta Hour.”

Location: 

JABA
674 Hillsdale Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22901
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