David, Raghu, and Sharon think about how devotion, meditation, fact, and compassion can have a tendency the love already inside us, bringing it into the way in which we meet ourselves, others, and the world.
This episode was recorded reside from the 2026 Ram Dass Legacy Summer season Mountain Retreat. Watch the total occasion on the Ram Dass’ Inside Academy, a curated assortment of deep knowledge from Ram Dass, observe, and group: Study Extra
On this episode, David, Raghu, and Sharon talk about:
- The compassion to let individuals be as they’re (as long as they aren’t harming others)
- Love as a capability slightly than only a feeling
- Tending to the love that already exists inside us
- Approaching conditions from knowledge and stability slightly than reactive feelings
- Devotion and objects of refuge in meditation observe
- An easy instruction from Maharaj-ji: love everybody and inform the reality
- Remembering that having boundaries doesn’t imply an absence of affection
About David Nichtern:
David Nichtern, founding father of Dharma Moon, is a senior Buddhist instructor who has been working towards and educating meditation for over 40 years. He was one of many preliminary American college students of famend meditation grasp Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and studied intently with him quickly after his arrival in the US in 1970. He’s additionally a enterprise marketing consultant, working with corporations to create a wide range of choices that combine meditation right into a broader well being and well-being context. David can also be a a number of Grammy-nominated and Emmy Award-winning musician. David’s journey has crisscrossed with the Maharaji/Ram Dass sangha for many years. He has produced a number of Krishna Das albums and incessantly joins the Bhaktettes reside on guitar. He considers himself to be a primary cousin and honorary member of the Bhakti group.
“You’re fortunate sufficient to have objects of refuge which might be any person you admire or respect, who has completed an ideal deal. You invite that vitality into your ecosystem, and when your thoughts wanders, your coronary heart reconnects you to the item of the refuge. That brings you again along with the notice and sense of connection.” –David Nichtern
About Sharon Salzberg:
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned instructor, and New York Occasions bestselling writer. She is without doubt one of the first to convey mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American tradition over 45 years in the past, inspiring generations of meditation academics and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Perception Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the writer of twelve books, together with the New York Occasions bestseller, Actual Happiness, now in its second version, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed 5 million downloads and options interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness motion and past. Study extra about Sharon and her books at www.sharonsalzberg.com and take a look at Perception Meditation Society.
“I believe that’s what Ram Dass was saying—that different individuals, conditions, artwork, so many issues could encourage love or invoke it or threaten it, however finally it’s ours to have a tendency, to nurture, to develop. It’s inside us, and that may be very empowering.” –Sharon Salzberg
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