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As a world-renowned Buddhist meditation teacher and New York Times bestselling author, Sharon Salzberg has motivated thousands of people to find their own path to inner awareness. She began studying meditation in India in 1971, has been teaching internationally since 1974, and was a key player in bringing meditation practices into mainstream Western culture. Salzberg, one of the cofounders of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, is known for her gentle, pragmatic perspective about the mundane as well as the momentous. Here, she talks with contributing editor Karen Brailsford about her adventures over the decades and reveals…