In this short video Sharon Salzberg discusses the history of the mindfulness revolution and how Alice Walker and the Basketball Player Metta World Peace have helped popularize the words metta and loving-kindness. An excerpt from the archive video of the January 2016 teaching on the “The Karaniya Metta Sutta: Vipassana, Loving Kindness + Real Love ” teaching by Sharon Salzberg from the Force For Good Class Series, recorded at Tibet House US in New York City. Full video Includes a sitting meditation + guided lovingkindess practice from the Metta Sutta led by Sharon Salzberg. This talk was recorded during the 2016 Force For Good Class Series at Tibet House US in New York City. ‘A Force For Good’ is a Tibet House US course to further the Dalai Lama’s contemporary world initiatives, from His Holiness’ American Institute of Buddhist Studies and Mind & Life Institute science dialogues (Universe in a Single Atom) and His creation of Abhidharma 2.0 through the “Science for Monks” programs, his “secular ethics” (Ethics for the New Millennium and Beyond Religion), His nonviolent approach to conflict resolution, including His Nobel Peace Laureate activities to seek dialogue and a win-win reconciliation with China in the face of the ongoing ethnicidal policies in Tibet (Freedom in Exile and Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story of Tibet’s Dalai Lama) & along with his emphasis on positive activism (A New Reality: Charter of Universal Responsibility). This video is a apart of the Tibet House US Digital Archives & is brought to you by the generosity of it's membership community. To watch more videos please visit: www.tibethouse.us. Full Access begins at $2 a month. Connect with Tibet House US + Menla Online: THUS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tibethouseus THUS on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tibethouse.us Menla on Twitter: http://twitter.com/menla Menla on Facebook: http://facebook.com/menlaretreat