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. 73 – Factors of Awakening: Equanimity
Joseph Goldstein explores the final awakening factor, equanimity, which plays a key role both in our lives in the world and on the spiritual…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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 mindfulness….
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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….
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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. The Sword of Wisdom…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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. The Seven Factors of Awakening…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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, the contemplation of…