Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
For episode 189, Sharon welcomes Dr. Simran Jeet Singh to the Metta Hour to speak about the Sikh philosophy of love and service.
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Simran is the Executive Director of the Inclusive America Project at the Aspen Institute. Recognized among TIME Magazine’s “sixteen people fighting for a more equal America, ” he is an Equality Fellow with the Open Society Foundations. Simran is a regular contributor to The Washington Post, CNN, and TIME Magazine and writes a monthly column for Religion News Service. In July of 2022, Simran released his first book, The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life, from Riverhead books. In this conversation, Simran and Sharon speak about:
• Growing up as an outsider
• Identity as a refuge
• The foremost teaching of Sikh philosophy of interconnection
• The natural expression of love is action
• Inspiration for his book“The Light We Give”
• De-centralizing the Ego
• Understanding our deeper values
• The impact of Lovingkindness on our enemies
• What does it mean to be a warrior of the heart?
• What is lost in hyper-masculinity
• Building a healthy sense of self when living in the margins
• Honor the dignity of all the feelings that arise in us
• The motivation of anger vs. love
The episode ends with Simran leading a Sikh meditation to close the conversation. To learn more about Simran’s work visit www.simranjeetsingh.org or get a copy of his book, The Light We Give.
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