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. 126 – Essential Buddhism Part 3: Plato’s Cave & The Four Ultimate Realities
The Insight Hour podcast’s “Essential Buddhism” series returns with lessons we can learn from the parable of Plato’s Cave and the Buddhist teachings on…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 125 – Mindfulness of Mind
In this recording from the Insight Meditation Society, Joseph Goldstein focuses on the third foundation of mindfulness: the mindfulness of mind. How to Practice…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 124 – Essential Buddhism Part 2: Mount Analogue and The Eightfold Path
Continuing a series on the essentials of Buddhism from 1974 at Naropa University, Joseph Goldstein plunges further into the essentials of Buddhism with a…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 123 – Joseph’s Story
In this talk from 1978 at The Insight Meditation Society, Joseph Goldstein takes us on a comically honest exploration of his spiritual awakening and…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 122 – Essential Buddhism Part 1: Developing Our Field of Awareness
In this talk from 1974 at Naropa University, Joseph Goldstein gets into the essentials of Buddhism. He lectures about dharma, insight meditation, and developing…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 121 – Vipassana and Finding Our Buddha Nature with Sharon Salzberg
In this recording from the Insight Meditation Society, Joseph Goldstein reviews the purpose of having a practice and offers us a beginner’s guide to…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 120 – Purifying Our Practice
Joseph Goldstein shares his wisdom on purifying our practice through openness to suffering and being compassionate. Success Through Intention This talk on purifying our…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 119 – The River of Self
Sharing mindful insight on recognizing effort, desire, and impermanence in our practice, Joseph illuminates the nature of self as a flowing river. In this…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 118 – The Tao of Simplicity
In a session interweaving Buddhist and Taoist wisdom, Joseph Goldstein reveals how simplicity and spaciousness help us let go of our spiritual self-image and…