Ep. 235 – Suneel Gupta

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

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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