Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein has been a leading light for the practice of Insight and Loving Kindness meditation since his days in India and Burma where he studied with eminent masters of the tradition. In his podcast, The Insight Hour, Joseph delivers these essential mindfulness teachings in a practical and down to earth way that illuminates the practice through his own personal experience and wonderful story telling.

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Ep. 181 – The Way of the Tao

09.20.2023

In this episode, Joseph Goldstein reflects on the meaning of emptiness on the spiritual path and examines ways in which we can work toward enlightenment. This dharma talk was recorded on April 16, 1989, and was originally published on Dharma ...

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09.20.2023 Ep. 181 – The Way of the Tao In this episode, Joseph Goldstein reflects on the meaning of emptiness on the spiritual path and examines ways in which we can work toward enlightenment. This dharma talk was recorded on April 16, 1989, and was originally published on Dharma ...
09.13.2023 Ep. 180 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part 2 Joseph Goldstein continues his discussion of bodhicitta – the awakened heart. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour In this lecture, Joseph:Reminds us that obstructions and ...
08.30.2023 Ep. 179 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part I Joseph Goldstein discusses enlightenment through the lens of the aspirational mental quality of bodhicitta – the awakened heart. This dharma talk from June 8, 2015, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed In this ...
08.23.2023 Ep. 178 – The Wisdom Of "No" Joseph Goldstein explores the nexus between thought patterns, sense pleasures, renunciation, addiction, and the wisdom of "No". This dharma talk from October 24, 2012, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed. In this lecture, ...
08.15.2023 Ep. 177 – Understanding Equanimity This time on the Insight Hour podcast, Joseph Goldstein helps us understand equanimity as a fundamental state of mind and the role it plays on the spiritual path. This dharma talk from July 22, 2023, was recorded at the Insight ...
08.09.2023 Ep. 176 – Questions About The Path to Awakening Joseph Goldstein leans on his decades of study and practice of the Dharma to answer a diverse range of spiritual and existential questions from his students and online retreat attendees. This dharma talk from May 14, 2023, was recorded at ...
08.02.2023 Ep. 175 – Instructions on Working with Thoughts In this episode of the Insight Hour podcast, Joseph Goldstein delves into the nature of thought and provides valuable insights on cultivating mindfulness. This dharma talk from May 13, 2023, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published ...
07.26.2023 Ep. 174 – Liberation Teachings for Daily Life Joseph Goldstein discusses the challenges of practicing liberation, awakening, and enlightenment in the context of a lay person’s life. “The Buddha said, ‘I have shown you the path to liberation. Now, liberation depends on you.’ This is really true. If ...
07.19.2023 Ep. 173 – Understanding Karma & Samsara Joseph Goldstein explores how karma and Samsara shape our lives and shares wisdom on integrating Dharma practice into our lives. Today's dharma talk from May 16, 2023, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed ...
07.12.2023 Ep. 172 – Consciousness: The Power of Mind Taking a journey into the vastness of the mind, Joseph Goldstein explores the creative power of consciousness. In this episode, Joseph Goldstein elucidates:Consciousness as the creator of our inner and outer worlds.The suffering that can come from an uncultivated mindMental ...
07.05.2023 Ep. 171 – Fulfillments of Understanding Joseph Goldstein explores the five Iddhis, or fulfillments of understanding, spoken of by the Buddha, and offers four different paths which can lead one to the completion of the fulfillments. “The Buddha spoke of five Iddhis, or five fulfillments of ...
06.28.2023 Ep. 170 – Samsara Joseph Goldstein explores the nature of Samsara, or endless wandering, and the three interdependent cycles of defilements, actions, and results that keep the wheel of Samsara rolling. “These three Kleshas in the mind – ignorance, craving, and grasping – they ...
06.22.2023 Ep. 169 – The Heart of Wisdom Joseph Goldstein guides us through the steps of integrating the science of meditation with the art of meditation as a way of awakening within us the heart of wisdom. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off ...
06.14.2023 Ep. 168 – The Five Spiritual Faculties Joseph Goldstein explores the different ways that we can strengthen and sharpen the five spiritual faculties that exercise a governing role in the mind when they are highly developed. “So out of the continuity of attention, the defilements have less ...
06.07.2023 Ep. 167 – Self and Self Loss Extricating us from dualist concepts of self and other, Joseph helps us move from the 'ego-center' to the 'zero-center' through opening to love. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own ...
05.31.2023 Ep. 166 – Opening to Fear Joseph Goldstein talks about working with and opening to fear as he pinpoints the three types of deeply conditioned fears that keep us from recognizing our own Buddha nature. “What happens as proceed along this journey of practice is that ...
05.24.2023 Ep. 165 – The Relationship of Practice and World Peace Joseph Goldstein explores the relationship of our meditation practice to the establishment of world peace by helping us understand the tendencies of the mind obstructing that peace. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first ...
05.17.2023 Ep. 164 – Dependent Origination Joseph Goldstein explores the concept of dependent origination – the law of causality and conditioning – so we can understand the process that keeps us bound to the Wheel of Samsara. “In every moment of noticing, in every moment of ...
05.10.2023 Ep. 163 – The Tao and the Rhythm of Experience Joseph Goldstein explores wisdom from the Tao and talks about how we can learn to settle back into each moment and establish ourselves in the rhythm of experience. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your ...
05.03.2023 Ep. 162 – Happiness: The Progress of Insight Joseph Goldstein examines what happiness is and how we get it, plus he outlines the very ordered stages of progress that occur on the path of insight and wisdom. “There’s another kind of happiness, which is higher even than the ...
04.27.2023 Ep. 161 – Equanimity Practice In this episode, Joseph Goldstein leads a powerful practice around cultivating equanimity and talks about why it’s important not to confuse equanimity with its near enemy, indifference. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first ...
04.20.2023 Ep. 160 – The Five Iddhis Joseph Goldstein explores the Buddha’s concept of the Five Iddhis, which are the five elements of the teachings we need to bring to completion in order to truly awaken our hearts and minds. “This Iddhi of psychic power is inferior ...
04.13.2023 Ep. 159 – Tides of Conception Joseph Goldstein talks about how the tides of conceiving continually condition our lives and explores the ways we can directly experience the reality of Nibanna, the unconditioned. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first ...
04.05.2023 Ep. 158 – Generosity of the Heart Joseph Goldstein covers the basics of metta, which he calls the generosity of the heart, and shares ways we can cultivate deeper feelings of loving-kindness in our practice. “Metta, as most of you are familiar, is a word from the ...
03.30.2023 Ep. 157 – Relative And Absolute Bodhicitta In this deep exploration of the union between compassion and emptiness, Joseph Goldstein breaks down the relative and absolute levels of Bodhicitta, the heart-mind of awakening. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month ...
03.22.2023 Ep. 156 – Doorway to Freedom Joseph Goldstein talks about how wisdom arises from an understanding of the true nature of impermanence, and how experiencing the truth of change can be our doorway to freedom. In this episode, Joseph explores:The nature of impermanence and why going ...
03.14.2023 Ep. 155 – Embodied Presence: Free from Desire and Discontent Joseph Goldstein helps us understand the quality of samadhi, which he describes as embodied presence, and talks about the different methods we have available for cultivating it. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first ...
03.01.2023 Ep. 154 – Compassion and Social Responsibility In this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein explores what compassion is, the wisdom that gives rise to it, and how we can manifest it in the world. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your ...
02.14.2023 Ep. 153 – Ardor and the Path to Freedom Joseph Goldstein explores the path to freedom that the Buddha laid out for all of us and talks about the importance of developing and sustaining the quality of ardor in our practice. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to ...
02.01.2023 Ep. 152 – The Early Life of Sharon Salzberg & Joseph Goldstein Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg recall their early lives and initial years of mindfulness practice and share what drew them to meditation in the late sixties and early seventies. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off ...
01.25.2023 Ep. 151 – No Self, No Problem w/ Ram Dass In this unique offering from the Love Serve Remember Foundation archives, Joseph Goldstein joins Ram Dass for a conversation around love, emptiness, soul, the notion of self, and much more. NEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram ...
01.18.2023 Ep. 150 – Nature of Mind Exploring the dharma of liberation, Joseph invite us beyond delusion and into the true nature of mind as innate wakefulness. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: ...
01.11.2023 Ep. 149 – Desire: The Driving Force of Samsara Joseph Goldstein explores the tendency of desire, how we can understand this driving force of Samsara, and how we can practice being free of it. “Desire is not an insignificant conditioning in us, and it takes many forms. And it’s ...
01.05.2023 Ep. 148 – Refraining From Unwholesome Activities Joseph Goldstein explores the 10 unwholesome activities and actions of the body, speech, and mind that the Buddha advises us all to refrain from for our own happiness and well-being. NEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram ...
12.29.2022 Ep. 147 – The Suffering That Comes With Wanting Joseph Goldstein explores the suffering that comes with wanting, the three types of desire, and why our investigation is to notice the ways the mind gets caught and the ways it can be free. This dharma talk from October 10, ...
12.22.2022 Ep. 146 – The Buddha’s Life and Journey Joseph Goldstein explores the Buddha’s life and journey, reflecting on the four stages of this mythological unfolding of awakening and how we can all achieve the enlightenment that is the end of craving. This dharma talk from May 5, 2004, ...
12.14.2022 Ep. 145 – Selflessness: Uncommon Sense Joseph Goldstein provides an uncommon sense view of selflessness to help us understand the often vexing notion of no-self and talks about how we can be free from the illusion of self. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to ...
12.08.2022 Ep. 144 – The Law of Karma Joseph Goldstein takes a deep dive into the law of karma, how it affects us in our practice and daily lives, and how can we apply it in a way that it becomes the condition for our happiness. This dharma ...
11.30.2022 Ep. 143 – Transforming Fear Joseph Goldstein talks about the nature of fear, how it’s conditioned in the mind, how we can work with it, and embracing the possibility of transforming fear into wisdom and freedom. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive ...
11.24.2022 Ep. 142 – Doubt, Restlessness, & Sloth Joseph Goldstein explores the mental factors of doubt, restlessness, and sloth, which are three hindrances that can cause a lack of vision and knowledge, and lead us away from Nibbana. This dharma talk from November 2002 at the Insight Meditation ...
11.16.2022 Ep. 141 – Metta: Preparing the Ground Joseph Goldstein explores the quality of Metta, or lovingkindness, and offers advice on preparing the ground from which Metta can grow and flourish. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own ...
11.10.2022 Ep. 140 – Carrying Practice Into the World In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein describes the art of carrying our practice into the world through training in the areas of Right Effort, concentration, and wisdom. This dharma talk from February 1994 at the Insight Meditation Society Retreat Center ...
11.02.2022 Ep. 139 – Understanding Desire In helping us with understanding desire, Joseph Goldstein explores the three types of desire that the Buddha spoke of and offers several ways of working with desire in our practice. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% ...
10.27.2022 Ep. 138 – The Secret Name of Things Joseph Goldstein explores the fabricated concept of self, the secret name of things beneath our perception, the illusion of solidity, and the deeper reality that exists beyond our concept of self. This dharma talk from October 1999 at the Insight ...
10.19.2022 Ep. 137 – The Nature of Struggle Joseph Goldstein talks about the nature of struggle and why working with experiences of pain and difficult states of mind can be a boon for our mindfulness practice. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your ...
10.05.2022 Ep. 136 – Pain and Trust Joseph Goldstein explores how to understand pain, how to relate to it, and how to use it, plus he talks about the quality of trust and learning to trust the moment’s experience. “Working with pain, opening to pain, to discomfort, ...
09.22.2022 Ep. 135 - Manifesting Our Intentions Joseph Goldstein teaches us to manifest our intentions of goodwill and loving-kindness through wholesome actions. "If we plant a seed, the seed is going to bear fruit. Each of our actions will bear fruit. What kind of fruit to we ...
09.08.2022 Ep. 134 – The Simplicity of Practice Joseph Goldstein reviews the basic instructions in the service of understanding the simplicity of practice, and then answers questions about death, clinging, and evolution. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your ...
09.02.2022 Ep. 133 – The Power of Restraint In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein explores how the power of restraint can help create the space and softness in ourselves to manifest a deeper level of wisdom, compassion, and love. Support podcasts like this through the Be Here Now ...
08.24.2022 Ep. 132 - A Map of Wisdom Part 2: Magic Show of Consciousness Joseph Goldstein continues unfolding his map of wisdom by touching on the magic show of consciousness, the law of karma, dependent origination, and cultivating compassion. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with ...

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