Joseph Goldstein reveals how Nibbana differs from blissful meditation states and why true liberation lies beyond every conditioned experience.
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This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses:
- How Nibbana has made its way into Western culture
- Expectation and striving versus having a healthy goal
- Having an aspiration and direction for our practice
- Using equanimity to differentiate beautiful experiences from true glimpses of Nibbana
- The Abhidhamma and understanding the factors of mind which color our consciousness
- The experience of Nibbana as the experience of zero, the stilling of all formations
- How Nibbana uproots the defilements in stages
Check out this episode’s companion essay, Reflections on Nibbana, by Joseph Goldstein
“Even exalted states of mind or great powers of mind do not imply purification of mind. That is the particular power of Nibbana.” –Joseph Goldstein
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