Highlighting the danger of indecision, Joseph Goldstein examines the nature of doubt as taught by the Buddha.
The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 19th part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, CLICK HERE to start at the first episode.
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This week on Insight Hour, Joseph explains to listeners:
- How elements of mind and body function
- What the Buddha said about working with and overcoming doubt
- Recognizing whether or not doubt is present within ourselves
- The nature and character of the doubting mind
- The danger of being paralyzed by indecision
- Doubt within our meditation practice / Doubting parts of the dhamma
- Contemplating the unattractive elements of the body
- Doubting the value of practice in a world of suffering
- The deep pattern of self-doubt
- How doubt masquerades as wisdom
- Paying attention to what triggers doubt
- Understanding what is wholesome and unwholesome
- Investigation and the wisdom mind as the cure to doubt
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“When doubt is strong, and we’re paralyzed by indecision, this mental force doesn’t even allow us the opportunity to take a wrong turn and to learn from our mistakes; rather, we’re always checking ourselves, we’re vacillating, we’re trying to decide.” – Joseph Goldstein