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Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein has been a leading light for the practice of Insight and Loving Kindness meditation since his days in India and Burma where he studied with eminent masters of the tradition. In his podcast, The Insight Hour, Joseph delivers these essential mindfulness teachings in a practical and down to earth way that illuminates the practice through his own personal experience and wonderful story telling.
Episodes
- Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Ep. 207 – Impermanence, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 4
Joseph Goldstein offers insight on deepening our understanding of impermanence by growing our awareness of the constant change that surrounds us. The…
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Ep. 206 – Concentration And Contemplation, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 3
This time on the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph Goldstein explores the importance of contemplation, awareness and concentration in Buddhist practice. This…
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Ep. 205 – Mindfulness, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 2
Continuing his exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph discusses mindfulness as the vehicle for all spiritual undertakings. This episode is the second…
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Ep. 204 – The Direct Path to Liberation, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt.1
Kicking off a multi-part course on the teachings of the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph offers insight into how we can apply the wisdom of this ancient Buddhist…
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Ep. 203 – Ask Joseph: Questions From Student To Teacher
Responding to student questions, Joseph Goldstein invigorates listeners to have faith and confidence in dharma practice. This episode is brought to you by…
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Ep. 202 – The Subtlety of Practice
Explaining the subtleties of practice and the energy between mind and body, Joseph Goldstein offers both insight and humor to his students. This episode is…
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Ep. 201 – A Guided Practice on Working with Thought and Emotions
Highlighting the impermanence of experience, Joseph Goldstein leads a practice in noticing mental and physical sensations. This episode is brought to you by…
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Ep. 200 – Getting Insight On The Nature of Thought
In a dharma talk on working with thoughts and emotions, Joseph Goldstein explains the impersonal and empty nature of the mind. This episode is brought to you…
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Ep. 199 – Self And Selfless
Joseph Goldstein meets us at the constellation of self, the duality of self, and the need for mindfulness. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give…
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Ep. 198 – Facing Our Fears
Joseph Goldstein discusses how working with fear is absolutely essential in our practice of understanding, opening, and accepting. This 1983 dharma talk was…
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Ep. 197 – Flavors of Loving-Kindness
Offering instruction for metta practice, Joseph Goldstein explains the many flavors of loving-kindness that we can try. This 2018 talk was originally published…
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Ep. 196 – Guided Meditation: Busy Life, No-Self
Guiding us in three short, guided meditations, Joseph Goldstein helps us break down our identification with the body and the self. This talk from the Insight…
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Ep. 195 – Approaching Suffering without Reactivity
Focusing on equanimity and compassion, Joseph Goldstein teaches about staying open and responsive to collective and individual suffering. This talk from the…
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Ep. 194 – The Buddha’s Sacred Journey
Joseph Goldstein describes the steps along the Buddha’s path to awakening, helping us see the significance of the Buddha in our own lives. This podcast is…
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Ep. 193 - Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivation
Explaining the ways our minds can be seduced, Joseph Goldstein teaches us how to let go into non-clinging. This 2007 talk was originally published on…
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Ep. 192 - The Buddha's Life And Journey
Taking a journey through the Buddha’s history, Joseph Goldstein reveals how we can relate the Bodhisattva’s experiences to our own lives. This podcast is…
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Bonus Episode: Joseph's Meditative Story with Rohan Gunatillake
Joseph Goldstein joins Rohan Gunatillake to share the meditative story of how he first learned to integrate his spirituality into everyday life. This episode…
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Ep. 191 - Knowing, Awareness And Wisdom
Discussing the differences between knowing, awareness and wisdom, Joseph Goldstein helps deepen our insights into the nature of body and mind. This 2007 talk…
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Ep. 190 - Questions and Answers on Buddhist Practice
Going through questions submitted by meditators on retreat, Jill Shepard asks Joseph about discernment and other Buddhist practices. This episode was recorded…
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Ep. 189 – Creating A Concept of Self
Describing how perceptions and constructs shape our experiences, Joseph Goldstein teaches on the concept of self. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp…
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Ep. 188 – Skillful Means for Non-Clinging
In this question-and-answer session, Joseph Goldstein explores skillful means for non-clinging, how to work with the comparing mind, the intricacies of walking…
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Ep. 187 - Love & Fear
Joseph Goldstein delves into the concepts of loving-kindness, compassion, and the fear of discomfort. He highlights the transformative power of…
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Ep. 186 - Working With Thought And Emotion
Joseph Goldstein expounds upon the relationship between thought and emotion as it relates to both our spiritual practice and our daily lives. This dharma talk…
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Ep. 185 - Suffering And The Illusion Of Self
Joseph Goldstein investigates the links between suffering, compassion, and the concept of the self. This dharma talk, recorded on July 2, 1994, was originally…
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Ep. 184 – Our Unskillful Actions: Doing More Good Than Bad
Joseph Goldstein dissects the Buddha’s most simple but fundamental lessons: to avoid what is unwholesome, to perform good actions, and to purify the mind. This…
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Ep. 183 – The Why and How of Practice
Joseph Goldstein dissects the concept of meditation from the what, to the why, to the how. This dharma talk was recorded on July 8, 2007, at the Insight…
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Ep. 182 – Equanimity: "There in the Middleness"
Joseph Goldstein examines the mental factor of equanimity through the lens of the Eight Vicissitudes and the brahmavihārā. This dharma talk from April 17…
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Ep. 181 – The Way of the Tao
In this episode, Joseph Goldstein reflects on the meaning of emptiness on the spiritual path and examines ways in which we can work toward enlightenment. This…
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Ep. 180 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part 2
Joseph Goldstein continues his discussion of bodhicitta – the awakened heart. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first…
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Ep. 179 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part I
Joseph Goldstein discusses enlightenment through the lens of the aspirational mental quality of bodhicitta – the awakened heart. This dharma talk from June 8…
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Ep. 178 – The Wisdom Of "No"
Joseph Goldstein explores the nexus between thought patterns, sense pleasures, renunciation, addiction, and the wisdom of "No". This dharma talk from October…
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Ep. 177 – Understanding Equanimity
This time on the Insight Hour podcast, Joseph Goldstein helps us understand equanimity as a fundamental state of mind and the role it plays on the spiritual…
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Ep. 176 – Questions About The Path to Awakening
Joseph Goldstein leans on his decades of study and practice of the Dharma to answer a diverse range of spiritual and existential questions from his students…
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Ep. 175 – Instructions on Working with Thoughts
In this episode of the Insight Hour podcast, Joseph Goldstein delves into the nature of thought and provides valuable insights on cultivating mindfulness. This…
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Ep. 174 – Liberation Teachings for Daily Life
Joseph Goldstein discusses the challenges of practicing liberation, awakening, and enlightenment in the context of a lay person’s life. “The Buddha said, ‘I…
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Ep. 173 – Understanding Karma & Samsara
Joseph Goldstein explores how karma and Samsara shape our lives and shares wisdom on integrating Dharma practice into our lives. Today's dharma talk from May…
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Ep. 172 – Consciousness: The Power of Mind
Taking a journey into the vastness of the mind, Joseph Goldstein explores the creative power of consciousness. In this episode, Joseph Goldstein elucidates…
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Ep. 171 – Fulfillments of Understanding
Joseph Goldstein explores the five Iddhis, or fulfillments of understanding, spoken of by the Buddha, and offers four different paths which can lead one to the…
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Ep. 170 – Samsara
Joseph Goldstein explores the nature of Samsara, or endless wandering, and the three interdependent cycles of defilements, actions, and results that keep the…
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Ep. 169 – The Heart of Wisdom
Joseph Goldstein guides us through the steps of integrating the science of meditation with the art of meditation as a way of awakening within us the heart of…
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Ep. 168 – The Five Spiritual Faculties
Joseph Goldstein explores the different ways that we can strengthen and sharpen the five spiritual faculties that exercise a governing role in the mind when…
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Ep. 167 – Self and Self Loss
Extricating us from dualist concepts of self and other, Joseph helps us move from the 'ego-center' to the 'zero-center' through opening to love. This podcast…
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Ep. 166 – Opening to Fear
Joseph Goldstein talks about working with and opening to fear as he pinpoints the three types of deeply conditioned fears that keep us from recognizing our own…
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Ep. 165 – The Relationship of Practice and World Peace
Joseph Goldstein explores the relationship of our meditation practice to the establishment of world peace by helping us understand the tendencies of the mind…
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Ep. 164 – Dependent Origination
Joseph Goldstein explores the concept of dependent origination – the law of causality and conditioning – so we can understand the process that keeps us bound…
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Ep. 163 – The Tao and the Rhythm of Experience
Joseph Goldstein explores wisdom from the Tao and talks about how we can learn to settle back into each moment and establish ourselves in the rhythm of…
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Ep. 162 – Happiness: The Progress of Insight
Joseph Goldstein examines what happiness is and how we get it, plus he outlines the very ordered stages of progress that occur on the path of insight and…
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Ep. 161 – Equanimity Practice
In this episode, Joseph Goldstein leads a powerful practice around cultivating equanimity and talks about why it’s important not to confuse equanimity with its…
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Ep. 160 – The Five Iddhis
Joseph Goldstein explores the Buddha’s concept of the Five Iddhis, which are the five elements of the teachings we need to bring to completion in order to…
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Ep. 159 – Tides of Conception
Joseph Goldstein talks about how the tides of conceiving continually condition our lives and explores the ways we can directly experience the reality of…
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Ep. 158 – Generosity of the Heart
Joseph Goldstein covers the basics of metta, which he calls the generosity of the heart, and shares ways we can cultivate deeper feelings of loving-kindness in…
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Ep. 157 – Relative And Absolute Bodhicitta
In this deep exploration of the union between compassion and emptiness, Joseph Goldstein breaks down the relative and absolute levels of Bodhicitta, the…
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Ep. 156 – Doorway to Freedom
Joseph Goldstein talks about how wisdom arises from an understanding of the true nature of impermanence, and how experiencing the truth of change can be our…
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Ep. 155 – Embodied Presence: Free from Desire and Discontent
Joseph Goldstein helps us understand the quality of samadhi, which he describes as embodied presence, and talks about the different methods we have available…
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Ep. 154 – Compassion and Social Responsibility
In this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein explores what compassion is, the wisdom that gives rise to it, and how we can manifest it in the world. This…
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Ep. 153 – Ardor and the Path to Freedom
Joseph Goldstein explores the path to freedom that the Buddha laid out for all of us and talks about the importance of developing and sustaining the quality of…
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Ep. 152 – The Early Life of Sharon Salzberg & Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg recall their early lives and initial years of mindfulness practice and share what drew them to meditation in the late…
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Ep. 151 – No Self, No Problem w/ Ram Dass
In this unique offering from the Love Serve Remember Foundation archives, Joseph Goldstein joins Ram Dass for a conversation around love, emptiness, soul, the…
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Ep. 150 – Nature of Mind
Exploring the dharma of liberation, Joseph invite us beyond delusion and into the true nature of mind as innate wakefulness. This podcast is sponsored by…
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Ep. 149 – Desire: The Driving Force of Samsara
Joseph Goldstein explores the tendency of desire, how we can understand this driving force of Samsara, and how we can practice being free of it. “Desire is not…