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An Evening with Sharon Salzberg: Meditation: Tools for Awakening Courage, Faith and Compassion

This evening focuses on the practical tools that help us go beyond our constricting habitual patterns, such as fear and denial. Awakening the inner capacities we all have, meditation allows us to transform our worldview from one of isolation and confusion to one of connection, clarity and compassion. Especially in times of uncertainty, meditation opens us to a power of faith and courage based on seeing things just as they are. 
 
Suitable for both new and experienced meditators, the course will consist of guided meditations, talks and time for questions and answers.


Sharon Salzberg has been a student of meditation since 1971, and leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. 


She has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. The ancient Buddhist practices of vipassana (mindfulness) and metta (lovingkindness) are the foundations of her work. "Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the unique happiness that is our birthright." 

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