Faith

Living with Confidence, Purpose, and Heart

An online course with Sharon Salzberg

A sure footing

In Buddhism, faith isn’t unthinking belief or adherence to a doctrine. It is the heartful courage that opens us beyond our habitual, constricting, self-centered concerns. Faith sparks our inspiration to practice meditation and sustains our ongoing efforts to bring mindfulness and compassion into our lives.

Then, as we progress, faith deepens in three stages.

Bright faith

Verified faith

Abiding faith

This journey to abiding faith is the focus of Sharon Salzberg's new online course, Faith: Living with Confidence, Purpose, and Heart. More than anything, it is a path to trusting one's own experience and living from that place.

Faith: Living with Confidence, Purpose, and Heart will begin on August 24. Study at your own pace.

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$179

Standard enrollment

One-time payment includes ongoing access to the course

3 payments of $60/month

Pay in installments

Standard enrollment paid for in three monthly installments

Trust your path

A wise guide

Follow Sharon's own journey from her early bright-eyed enthusiasm to a more mature and durable faith in the teachings and herself.

Find a compass within

Each unit features a guided meditation. We will bring awareness to our experience in ways that strengthen intuition and self-confidence.

Live with confidence

The Buddhist understanding of faith is to place our heart on something that has profound importance for us. This is where we find the strength to live with assuredness and purpose.

Live Q&As

Enroll now to join two bonus live sessions with Sharon Salzberg, hosted on Zoom.

Session 1

Thursday

September 10

1:00 p.m. EDT
6:00 p.m. GMT

Session 2

Wednesday

September 30

1:00 p.m. EDT
6:00 p.m. GMT

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is among the first to bring mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation to mainstream American culture over fifty years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Her upcoming release, Living Lovingkindness Workbook, is set for release in January 2027. Sharon’s podcast, The Metta Hour, features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. sharonsalzberg.com

The journey

Each unit contains around one hour of video presentations, guided meditations, and contemplations. These teachings are also available as a PDF or audio download for learning on the go.

Unit 1 | How Faith Shows Up

While a redemptive concept for some, the word "faith" can be associated with religious adherence or unthinking acceptance. In Buddhist practice, faith is something we develop and nurture through our own exploration and questioning. It is a willingness to try, an inner strength, and a deep sense of purpose.

Unit 2 | Bright Faith

With bright faith we feel exalted as we are lifted out of our normal sense of insignificance, thrilled as we no longer feel lost and alone. Bright faith shows us what is possible while also giving us the courage and desire to immerse ourselves in that possibility. We'll have a look at bright faith itself as well as how we can differentiate it from mindless faith.

Unit 3 | Verified Faith

Verified faith is an important stage if we hope to develop an abiding, unshakable sense of faith. Having verified faith means taking ownership of where we place our hearts, questioning what's offered, trying things out, and seeing whether these teachings truly resonate with our sense of truth.

Unit 4 | Working with Doubt

In this section we'll continue our discussion of verified faith, getting more familiar with the kind of doubt that keeps us from growing in our faith, learning how we can work with it, as well as recognizing the difference between faith and belief.

Unit 5 | Abiding Faith

This is where our journey has been leading: to an abiding faith that we can rely upon as a ground for our experience. We'll see how our journey takes us from bright to verified to abiding faith. We'll also deepen our understanding of the interplay between faith and fear.

Unit 6 | Living from Faith

As faith becomes the ground of our being, we move beyond an attachment to specific outcomes or experiences. There is a readiness to act from a place of good intention, even if the outcome is uncertain. This is the difference between wise hope and unconditional optimism. Finally, we'll explore why despair—not doubt—is the opposite of faith.

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Progress at your own pace

This easy-to-use online course is suitable for all practitioners and those interested in Buddhism. It features 6 units that form a program of exploration, meditation, and inquiry. Each unit contains around one hour of lessons and contemplations.

A new unit will be released each Monday. You are free to study at your own pace, and will retain access to the material.

You can follow the course on a computer, mobile app, or download the course as audio files.

Praise for Sharon Salzberg's online courses

Sharon has the experience, knowledge, wisdom and compassion to really connect with people. Excellent course content and delivery.

I loved this course! I've been practicing meditation for many years, but Sharon's explanations are so clear and wise, I learned many new things.

This was my first introduction to Sharon Salzberg's teaching, and I couldn't have been more satisfied. She's practical, kind, and down-to-earth. I really feel like I understand the framework of The Whole Path now.

Sharon is an amazing teacher. She expresses complex teachings succinctly and with great care. I learned so much from this course and am thankful for it and for Sharon’s willingness to share her wisdom.

Excellent course. Great insight into meditation and mindfulness techniques! Sharon is a wonderful teacher and very knowledgeable.

This course was the perfect antidote for dealing with difficult times; and even more importantly, helped instill the qualities needed to live our lives more skillfully as we move forward.

The full program

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Benefits

• All your enrolled courses
• Download lessons to access offline, anywhere
• Listen in the car or on the train
• Pick up where you left off on any device

A sure footing