Sharon Salzberg has been a practicing Buddhist for twenty-five years. She is a founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and has taught meditation at Buddhist centers around the world.

"Lovingkindness is a profound exploration of the deepest meanings of love, empathy, and caring. It offers psychological insights of real spiritual value and practical utility."
- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

Sharon Salzberg's long-awaited first book illuminates the heart of lovingkindness like a lamp in the darkness, like the clearing of fog, like a sunrise on a beautiful morning - it brings light so that all those with eyes may see."
- Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

"We have been waiting for Sharon Salzberg's Book for a long time. And it was worth the wait. From one of our finest meditation teachers comes the genuine article: the practice of the heart, of lovingkindness, by a heart made genuine through more than twenty years of committed practice."
- Stephen Levine, author of A Gradual Awakening

"A question often asked: 'How can I open my heart?' In Lovingkindness Sharon Salzberg recasts for us, with sweet simplicity, a 2,500-year-old answer that works."
- Ram Dass

"This beloved American Buddhist teacher her given us the fruit of her twenty-five years of Buddhist practice in her profoundly compelling and lucid first book. Her great depth of understanding and compassion shine through, speaking to us of the power of lovingkindness and the path to freedom."
- Joan Halifax, author of The Fruitful Darkness