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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 GoldsteinEp. 29 - Cutting Through Identification with Consciousness
Joseph talks about the concept of self and what we can do to move past the identification with our consciousness that keeps us in our loop. The idea of self is…
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Ep. 28 - Ten Unwholesome Actions
Joeseph shows us how we can be happy in our lives by understanding the ten unwholesome actions which, according to the Buddha's teachings, are the cause of…
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Ep. 27 - Transforming Afflictive Emotions
This week, on Insight Hour, Joseph discusses the Buddha's lesson of the Luminous Mind and how it is obscured by our afflictive emotions. How is it that the…
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Ep. 26 – The Four Mind Changing Reflections
Joseph asks, "How can we wake up from the dream of our normal waking state and come into a true wakefulness?" In this episode of, Insight Hour, Joseph gives…
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Ep. 25 - The Gift of Awareness
There are a variety of motives that bring one to the meditative process, but for all of us the journey really begins with the simple steps of calming the mind…
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Ep. 24 - Ill Will and Wrong View
Joseph examines some of the common unskillful actions of mind that tend to enable and perpetuate much of the suffering we experience. All of the expressions of…
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Ep. 23 - Liberation Through Non-Clinging
Joseph explores the fundamental question of what it is that will actually free the mind and heart, not just from the delusions of waking life, but from the…
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Ep. 22 Clear Comprehension
Our Dharma practice can be broadly understood as the process of learning to live in harmony with the fundamental truths of nature and our place within it. The…
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Ep. 21 - Karma
A welcome exploration surrounding the question of how we can bring happiness into our lives. Joseph explains that the Buddha’s teachings on karma and emptiness…
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Ep. 20 - The Art And Science Of The Meditative Journey
A discussion of the creativity and methodology involved in the meditative journey. We are all artists creating our lives on the canvas of the world, and the…
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Ep. 19 - The Cultivation of Metta
“I make my mind my friend” A sound endorsement for the continual cultivation of good will, benevolence, and loving kindness throughout our lives. In…
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Ep. 18 - Clarifying Terms
An informative and detailed explanation of commonly used terms, including consciousness, perception, mindfulness, and wisdom, particularly as they apply to our…
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Ep. 17 - The All
An investigation of the six sense spheres, known in Buddhism as “The All,” which form the basis for understanding everything we know and how we know it. All…
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Ep. 16 - Worldly and Unworldly Feelings
Vedana is the Buddhist term for the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral sensations that arise when our internal sense organs interact with external sense objects…
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Ep. 15 - The Kind Heart
Joseph describes the expansive power of Loving Kindness and its unique capacity to embrace each and every being that we encounter. Loving Kindness does not…
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Ep. 14 - Working with Fear
Joseph offers a timeless discussion of the conditioning nature of fear, and possible methods for transforming that constricting energy into genuine freedom…
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Ep. 13 - Equanimity: The Gateway to Enlightenment
From one perspective it can be said that the entire spiritual path rests on the development and cultivation of a particular mind state known simply as…
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Ep. 12 - Right View
‘There is no single factor so potent in promoting the good of beings as right view’ - Buddha Joseph describes the wisdom factor of mind that is Right View and…
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Ep. 11 - The Art of Renunciation
‘The mind free of desire is a greater pleasure” An enlightening discourse on the often confounding subject of renunciation, and the ways in which we might find…
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Ep. 10 - Dukkha and Non-Self
What is it that we actually learn from being mindful? What wisdom emerges from the practice of awareness that has the power to liberate our hearts and minds…
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Ep. 09 - Sampapalapa: Useless Speech
Joseph is joined by long-time friend and fellow MPN ambassador, Raghu Markus, for an in-depth discussion about the value of kindness in our speech. How we say…
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Ep. 08 - Intrinsically Empty, Naturally Radiant, Ceaselessly Responsive
“When compassion and emptiness are both present, enlightenment is unavoidable” A lucid discourse on the virtues of emptiness, awareness, and compassion, and…
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Ep. 07 - The Buddha's Journey
Joseph outlines the life and times of the Great Sage, highlighting the relevance of his path with that of our own. On an archetypal level, the Buddha’s life…
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Ep. 06 - Working With Doubt And Aversion
Joseph discusses some of the more seductive energies highlighted by the Buddha. These energetic fields operate on a broad spectrum, from the subtle…
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Ep. 05 - Achieved is the End of Craving
“Realized is the unconditioned, achieved is the end of craving” Can we really even imagine a mind that is free of craving, free of desire? We might…
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Ep. 04 - Viriya - Energy, Strength and Courage
“It’s not difficult to be aware, it’s difficult to remember to be aware.” Joseph explores the quality of mind known in Pali as Viriya, and explains the variety…
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Ep. 03 - Merging Awareness and Expression
Our thoughts and emotions have the unique ability to condition both our suffering and our well-being. A deeper investigation regarding the relative versus…
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Ep. 02 - The Wisdom of Impermanence
“Everything changes.” - Suzuki Roshi Our awareness alone is not sufficient in the search for liberation. We must learn to become present in order to question…
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Ep. 01 - Zero Centre of Emptiness
In Joseph's first podcast for the Mindpod Network he clearly brings to light the sometimes very difficult convoluted notion of emptiness. As the high Lama…