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. 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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. Click…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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 those…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 36 – The Eightfold Path: Loving-Kindness and Right Thought
Resuming his series on the Four Noble Truths, Joseph continues his discussion of the second step on the noble Eightfold Path, Right Thought, addressing…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – 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…
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – Ep. 33 – The Eightfold Path: Worldly Right View
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: the different aspects of Worldly Right View. Right View…