Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 202 – The Subtlety of Practice
This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses: This 1990 recording was originally published by Dharmaseed “One of the interesting discoveries for me in practice…
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. 201 – A Guided Practice on Working with Thought and Emotions
“We don’t have to do anything to make things change. The very nature of whatever is arising, whether it’s in the body or the…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 200 – Getting Insight On The Nature of Thought
“One of the things that’s interesting to observe is how mind states and thoughts mutually condition each other. I’m sure you’ve had the experience…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 199 – Self And Selfless
“The most fundamental split, the most fundamental duality that we create, is that of subject and object, of self and other, of inside and…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 198 – Facing Our Fears
“What we’re doing in our practice is learning how to work with those experiences which often cause trouble, which often cause resistance, which we’re…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 197 – Flavors of Loving-Kindness
“That’s the quality of metta. It’s never a quality of ‘I love you and you owe me for this’ or ‘I want something in…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 196 – Guided Meditation: Busy Life, No-Self
“On my last self-retreat, quite spontaneously, a 9-minute-a-day plan came to my mind. I thought of it as a way of turbo-charging our daily…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 195 – Approaching Suffering without Reactivity
“Sometimes, just this investigation of our own minds, when we find ourselves reactive, can become an invitation for us to look back inward rather…
Joseph Goldstein – Insight Hour – Ep. 194 – The Buddha’s Sacred Journey
“In order to awaken to the hidden possibilities of life, we need to renounce, we need to be willing to give up our ordinary…