Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour –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…
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
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour –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…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – 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…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – 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…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 32 – The Four Noble Truths: The Cessation of Dukkha
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: The Cessation of Dukkha. The third of the Four Noble Truths is the…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 31 – The Four Noble Truths: The Origin of Dukkha
Joseph continues his multi-part series on the Four Noble Truths, this time investigating the source of Dukkha. The second of the Four Noble Truths…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 30 – The Four Noble Truths: Dukkha
Joseph begins a multi-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: what is Dukkha? The first of the Four Noble Truths is that…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 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 stuck…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 28 – Ten Unwholesome Actions
Joseph shows us how we can be happy in our lives by understanding the ten unwholesome actions which, according to the Buddha’s teachings, are…