Compassion | Sharon Salzberg | Talks at Google

This talk focuses on the often-overlooked strength of compassion, and the role it can play in the culture of a workplace. We explore this through meditation, discussion, and looking at practical tools for work.
Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She has been a student of meditation since 1971, guiding meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Sharon's latest book is Real Happiness At Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace, published by Workman Publishing. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and is also the author of several other books including the New York Times Best Seller, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program (2010), Love Your Enemies (2013), Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience (2002), and Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (1995). For more information about Sharon, please visit: www.SharonSalzberg.com.

[@SA-ww1ge]

Our judgements of others and ourselves are so easily accessible/our conditioning/knee jerk reaction and show how much pain we're in. They give us and others a reflection into ourselves, our state of mind, what's in our heart. They distract us from our own work.

[@weestro7]

First talk I have listened to of hers--seemed very sensible direction that she gives people.

[@rajeshkeshwani5842]

amazing teacher she is.thank you for sharing valuable lessons.

[@jurepovol]

Ahead in the comments, somebody mentioned something about healthy food and "why the
speaker does not do that". I totally disagree with that. First of all, she may very well eat healthy food. It is not really my business or our business. And more importantly, her words are helpful to me regardless of whether or not the speaker is perfect. And who is perfect? I don't think there is a "perfect human being". But one may nor be "perfect" but , like Sharon, may be able to transmit in a successful way the principles and practice of meditation.That is what matters to me. Or when one goes to the doctor , does the effectiveness of the doctor helping us depends on whether or not the doctor has no obvious defects? Certainly no. You want a doctor who is knowledgeable, and kind. It does not matter if he/she is tall or short, overweight or underweight, bold or with a head full of hair. And then you have to ask yourself: is being overweight a defect? Or is it a quality of a human being that does not actually hurts me or injures me in anyway.

[@evgen422]

if she knows the way how to live, why don't she knows how to eat healthy food

[@drakkeur]

If you eat too much healthy food you will gain weight

[@megang5949]

haha this was edited