# Ep. 269 – Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances Part 1

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/metta-hour-with-sharon-salzberg-588896/ep-269-lovingkindness-in-difficult-circumstances-part-1
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/metta-hour-with-sharon-salzberg-588896/ep-269-lovingkindness-in-difficult-circumstances-part-1.md
Podcast: [Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg](https://stenobird.com/podcast/metta-hour-with-sharon-salzberg-588896)
Published: 2025-09-02T23:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b311ea55-90e1-468d-9609-0dbd88c9b4d8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b311ea55-90e1-468d-9609-0dbd88c9b4d8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/metta-hour-with-sharon-salzberg-588896/episodes/ep-269-lovingkindness-in-difficult-circumstances-part-1
Duration seconds: 3148

## Resource

For episode 269, we bring you the first of a two-part episode from the archives.Recorded in the early 2010s in a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, Sharon is teaching on Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances.  In this teaching, Sharon speaks about: • Her travel adventure to North Carolina • Her first impressions of Asian philosophy  • Changing our relationship to joy & delight • Transforming our relationship to suffering • Awakening to the realm of neutral experiences • Sharon’s first time meditating • The three skills of  meditation  • Sharon’s mantra of “something will happen” • The deepening of concentration • Our tendency to project into the future • Mindfulness is not passive • The magic moment in meditation The episode closes with Sharon leading a guided meditation practice. Stay tuned for the second half of this teaching, which will be released in two weeks' time in Part 2 of Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/metta-hour-with-sharon-salzberg-588896/episodes/ep-269-lovingkindness-in-difficult-circumstances-part-1/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/metta-hour-with-sharon-salzberg-588896/ep-269-lovingkindness-in-difficult-circumstances-part-1.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.