Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour Podcast
Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and loving kindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he is one of the organization’s guiding teachers. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students of insight meditation, he helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
Joseph first became interested in Buddhism as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand in 1965. Since 1967 he has studied and practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma and Tibet. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, The Experience of Insight, and co-author of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom and Insight Meditation: A Correspondence Course.
On the Insight Hour podcast, Joseph illuminates the application of Buddhist teachings for the modern day seeker. For more on Joseph’s teaching schedule, articles, and bio, visit his website.
Find more dharma talks from Joseph as well as teachers like Spring Washam, Ajahn Chah, Tara Brach and more at dharmaseed.org. Dharma Seed is a volunteer-run online resource dedicated to making the Buddhist teachings of Insight Meditation and associated practices available to all, learn more: About Dharma Seed
Most Recent Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour Podcasts
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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 heart-mind…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…