Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg21 Touko 2024

Ep. 240 – Fireside Chat with Kamala Masters

For episode 240, we are continuing the Fireside Chat Series on the Metta Hour with Kamla Masters.

This series features intimate conversations with longtime dharma teachers about the early days of their practice and the most impactful moments with their own teachers. Hosted by IMS Online, the second episode in this series. Kamala Masters is one of the founders and teachers of the Vipassana Metta Foundation on Maui. She teaches retreats in the Theravada tradition at venues worldwide, including being a Guiding Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts. The conversation begins with a five-minute guided meditation from Kamala.

In this episode, Sharon and Kamala discuss:

How Kamala and Sharon first met
Kamala’s primary teachers and influences
Sharon’s first travel to India
How Kamala first found meditation
Munindra teaching Kamala a washing dishes meditation
Munindra’s way of breaking barriers for Sharon
How Sharon met Dipa Ma
How Sharon reparented herself with her teachers
Munindra’s directive to “try harder”
Distinctions in meditation methods
How Kamala started teaching
Sharing what their formal daily practice looks like today
How they were taught lovingkindness
Do people need a teacher?
How to practice the Ten Paramis
How to use mental noting
Working with physical ailments and pain
Perfectionism as a hindrance

You can learn more about Kamala’s work via the website for the Vipassana Metta Foundation on Maui right here.

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