Ep. 235 – Suneel Gupta

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

For episode 235, Sharon speaks with Suneel Gupta.

Suneel is a bestselling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global documentary series. He studies leaders around the world to discover and share simple, actionable habits that lift our performance, deepen our state of well-being, and guide us further into our dharma. His latest book, “Everyday Dharma: Eight Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything You Do” was released in the Fall of 2023 from Harper Collins.

In this episode, Suneel and Sharon discuss:

Suneel’s definition of dharma
How we express our core truth
Dr King’s Street Sweeper story
Suneel’s life path with failure
The wisdom of Suneel’s Grandfather
Suneel’s journey of identity as a brown-skinned man
Writing as a therapeutic form
Arrival fallacy
Eight pillars of Suneel’s book Everyday Dharma
The path is cyclical, not linear
Dharma as the bedrock on your life
How Suneel defines success
Asking what makes you come alive?
Howard Thurman’s wisdom
Tuning into space
Vulnerability promoting connection

Suneel closes the conversation with a short reading from his book. You can learn more about Suneel’s work and get a copy of Everyday Dharma on his website.

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1:11.0	What I have sort of landed on is this idea of Dharma is equal to essence plus expression.
1:30.3	And essence is who you are and expression is how you show up in the world.
1:36.3	And really Dharma is in alignment of who you are with how you show up.
1:41.3	And so the closest your essence and expression are to one another,
1:46.1	the more aligned you are with your Dharma.
1:58.6	Hello and welcome to the Meta Hour podcast with Sharon Salzberg. I'm Lily Cushman. I produce this podcast. And today we're bringing you episode 235, Sharon speaking with author and speaker Sunil Gupta. Sunil's latest book has just come out in the fall of
2:21.3	2023, Everyday Dharma, Eight Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy
2:28.3	in Everything You Do.
2:30.3	He is a best-selling author, a public speaker, a Harvard Medical School visiting scholar,
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