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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. 88 - Relative Truth Versus Ultimate Truth
Joseph Goldstein answers questions about relative truth versus ultimate truth, how compassion is related to Metta, dealing with hurtful people, and much more…
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Bonus Podcast: Uncovering Afflictive Emotions
If you enjoy the Insight Hour Podcast, we think that you will appreciate this conversation with Joseph Goldstein on the Mindrolling Podcast. You can subscribe…
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Ep. 87 - Metta and Fear
In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein explores connecting to our capacity for Metta, or loving kindness, and how we can work skillfully with fear as it arises…
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Ep. 86 - Art, Science, and the Meditative Journey
Joseph Goldstein reflects on the connection between art, science, and the meditative journey, and how we can move from the world of concepts to the world of…
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Ep. 85 - Reflections on Non-Self
On this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein offers a collage of reflections and practices to help us tap into the realization of non-self. See Privacy…
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Ep. 84 – Working With Thoughts
Joseph Goldstein explores how much power our thoughts hold over us and shares methods of applying mindfulness to our stream of thoughts and emotions. See…
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Ep. 83 – The Nuances of Right Effort
On this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein examines the many nuances of Right Effort, and how that effort can help us build real momentum in our…
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Ep. 82 – Desire and Its End
Joseph Goldstein examines the true nature of craving, how sense pleasures provide a false sense of happiness, and how we can practice the end of desire on a…
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Ep. 81 – The Relationship of Dukkha and Non-Self
On this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein explores how understanding the relationship of dukkha and non-self can help open the doorway to greater…
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Ep. 80 – The Craving for Sense Pleasures
In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein reflects on the nature of craving and how our desire for sense pleasures can be one of the biggest roadblocks on the path…
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Ep. 79 - Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: Wise Attention
Joseph Goldstein illuminates the need to fix our wise attention to the five aggregates, which serves as a path to liberation from attachment to the notion of…
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Ep. 78 - Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: The Path to Awakening
This week on the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph offers an overview of how we can practice the Buddha's Eight Fold Path to awakening in our meditation practice…
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Ep. 77 – Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: The End of Craving
Joseph focuses on the freedom that comes with the Third Noble Truth, the cessation of dukkha, and how different methods of practice can help bring about the…
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Ep. 76 – Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: The Nature of Craving
In this dharma talk, Joseph reflects on the nature of desire and explores the Buddha’s three domains of craving: sense pleasures, renewed existence, and…
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Ep. 75 – Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: Understanding Dukkha
Joseph explores the unsatisfying nature of conditioned phenomena and how understanding the truth of dukkha is necessary for liberation. See Privacy Policy at…
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Ep. 74 – Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: The Middle Path
Joseph begins a series of talks based on the Buddha’s first discourse after enlightenment with a discussion of taking the middle path in life and learning the…
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Ep. 73 - Factors of Awakening: Equanimity
Joseph explores the final awakening factor, equanimity, which plays a key role both in our lives in the world and on the spiritual path. See Privacy Policy at…
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Ep. 72 – Factors of Awakening: Concentration Pt. 2
Joseph continues his exploration of the awakening factor of concentration, how it can be cultivated through virtue and morality, and the methods that can help…
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Ep. 71 – Factors of Awakening: Concentration Pt. 1
In the first part of his talk on the nature of concentration, Joseph Goldstein explores the two different types of concentration and why it’s so important to…
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Ep. 70 – Factors of Awakening: Tranquility
Joseph Goldstein examines the quality of tranquility, how we can apply it to our practice, and the very central role it plays in the Buddha’s factors of…
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Ep. 69 – Factors of Awakening: Rapture
Joseph Goldstein explores the Buddha’s fourth factor of awakening, rapture, which is an intense happiness born from the fruits of investigation, wisdom, and…
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Ep. 68 – Factors of Awakening: Energy
Joseph Goldstein explores how to skillfully use energy, which is the Buddha’s third factor of awakening and a fundamental force on the spiritual path. See…
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Ep. 67 – Factors of Awakening: Investigation
Joseph Goldstein wields the sword of wisdom as he contemplates the Buddha’s second factor of awakening, investigation of the Dhammas. See Privacy Policy at…
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Ep. 66 – Factors of Awakening – Mindfulness
Joseph Goldstein breaks down four specific aspects of mindfulness, which is the first of the Buddha’s factors of awakening. See Privacy Policy at…
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Ep. 65 - The Satipatthāna Sutta: Mindfulness of Dhamma – Hindrances
Joseph Goldstein continues his series of teachings inspired by the Satipatthāna Sutta with an exploration of the fourth foundation of mindfulness, which is…
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Ep. 64 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: Mindfulness of Feelings
In this continuing exploration of The Satipatthāna Sutta, Joseph Goldstein looks at why The Buddha placed such importance on the mindfulness of what arises in…
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Ep. 63 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: The Four Elements
Continuing his series of teachings around The Satipatthāna Sutta, Joseph Goldstein shares how contemplation of the four elements frees the mind from “I” and…
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Ep. 62 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: Mindfulness in Motion
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Ep. 61 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: Mindfulness of Body
Joseph continues his series of teachings around The Satipatthāna Sutta, in this episode we look at the Buddha’s teachings on cultivating mindfulness of body…
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Ep. 60 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: Not Clinging to Anything
This week on the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph shares teachings from The Satipatthāna Sutta around clinging to experience which unify the practice and goal of…
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Ep. 59 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: Continuous Mindfulness
In this episode of the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph looks at The Satipatthāna Sutta’s teachings on the bare knowledge and continuous mindfulness that arise…
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Ep. 58 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: Impermanence
This week on the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph looks at The Satipatthāna Sutta’s teachings on the foundation of awakening, the understanding of impermanence…
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Ep. 57 - The Satipatthāna Sutta: Concentration And Contemplation
Joseph continues his exploration of The Satipatthāna Sutta, investigating the roles of concentration and contemplation in the pursuit of inner liberation. Find…
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Ep. 56 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: The Call to Mindfulness
Joseph shares The Buddha's call to practice mindfulness and continues his exploration of The Satipatthāna Sutta. See Privacy Policy at…
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Ep. 55 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: The Direct Path to Freedom
Joseph begins a series exploring The Satipatṭhāna Sutta, The Buddha’s discourse on the establishing of mindfulness, and the direct path to freedom it contains…
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Ep. 54 - Dukkha and Non-Self: Part Two
Joseph continues his exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on the interconnection between non-self and dukkha, looking at our identification with awareness…
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Ep. 53 - Dukkha and Non-Self: Part One
This time on the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph begins a two-part dialog on the Buddha’s teachings of the interconnection between non-self and dukkha. See…
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Ep. 52 - A Methodology of Wisdom
This week on the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph investigates the methodology of mindfulness that cultivates wisdom and moves us towards happiness. See Privacy…
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Ep. 51 - Entering the Heart with Metta Meditation
This week on the Insight Hour podcast, Joseph looks at the nuances of Metta meditation practice. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
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Ep. 50 - What is Mindfulness?
On this episode of the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph examines what real mindfulness practice looks like. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
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Ep. 49 - The Radical Truth of Impermanence
On this episode of the Insight Hour, Joseph examines the radical truth of impermanence and the opportunities it presents for our practice. See Privacy Policy…
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Ep. 48 – The Sixth Sense of Thought
This week, Joseph explores the sixth sense of thought in Buddhist teaching and how to gain insight from our thoughts during practice. See Privacy Policy at…
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Ep. 47 - A Way of Practice
This week, Joseph shares a collection of mindfulness and meditation practices that offers us a way to quiet our mind and see the deeper nature of our…
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Ep. 46 - Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times
This week, Joseph begins a conversation about cultivating compassion and equanimity in difficult times. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
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Ep. 45 - The Crystalline Nature of Mind
On this episode, Joseph examines the crystalline nature of mind which is intrinsically empty, naturally radiant and ceaselessly responsive. See Privacy Policy…
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Ep. 44 - Deepening Insight into Impermanence
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Ep. 43 - Awareness Without Identity
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Ep. 42 - Bodhicitta: The Awakened Heartmind
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Ep. 41 - Free the Mind
This week Joseph explores different ways of freeing the mind by understanding the habits of preference, the emptiness of thoughts and the seduction of "I am."…
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Ep. 40 – The Eightfold Path: Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
Joseph Goldstein concludes his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration. See…
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Ep. 39 - The Eightfold Path: Right Action and Livelihood
Joseph Goldstein continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: right action and livelihood. On this episode of the Insight…
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Ep. 38 – The Eightfold Path: Right Speech
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: Right Speech. Right Speech is the application of mindful attention to…
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Ep. 37 – The Eightfold Path: Compassion Through Right Thought
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: Cultivating Compassion through Right Thought. Right Thought includes…
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Ep. 36 – The Eightfold Path: Loving-Kindness and Right Thought
Continuing his series on the Four Noble Truths, Joseph continues his discussion of the second step on the noble Eightfold Path, Right Thought, addressing the…
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Ep. 35 - The Eightfold Path: Right Thought and Renunciation
Continuing his series on the Four Noble Truths, Joseph begins a discussion of the second step on the noble Eightfold Path, Right Thought, and offers a fresh…
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Ep. 34 - The Eightfold Path: Practicing Right View
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: Practicing Right View. Right view is the beginning and end of the path…
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Ep. 33 - The Eightfold Path: Worldly Right View
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: Worldly Right View. Right View consists partly of the beliefs which…
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Ep. 32 – The Four Noble Truths: The Cessation of Dukkha
Joseph continues a five-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: The Cessation of Dukkha. The third of the Four Noble Truths is the cessation of…
Insight Hour with Joseph GoldsteinEp. 31 – The Four Noble Truths: The Origin of Dukkha
Joseph continues a five-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: What is the origin of Dukkha? The second of the Four Noble Truths is the origin of…
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Ep. 30 - The Four Noble Truths: Dukkha
Joseph begins a five-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: what is Dukkha? The first of the Four Noble Truths is that Dukkha exists. Joseph dives…