Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 721 ratingsJoseph 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. 198 – Facing Our Fears
April 25, 2024 16:57 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBJoseph Goldstein discusses how working with fear is absolutely essential in our practice of understanding, opening, and accepting. This 1983 dharma talk was originally published on Dharmaseed. This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein teaches us about: Releasing tension through awareness The body as an energy system Opening up to the Buddha nature Working with fear and emotional pain Resistance and unwillingness to be uncomfortable Becoming open to pain and discomfort In...
Ep. 197 – Flavors of Loving-Kindness
April 10, 2024 13:46 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBOffering instruction for metta practice, Joseph Goldstein explains the many flavors of loving-kindness that we can try. This 2018 talk was originally published on Dharmaseed. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein explicates: The unconditional quality of metta Helping each other see our individual loveliness Using ma...
Ep. 196 – Guided Meditation: Busy Life, No-Self
March 28, 2024 01:03 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBGuiding us in three short, guided meditations, Joseph Goldstein helps us break down our identification with the body and the self. This talk from the Insight Meditation Society was originally published on Dharmaseed. In this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein guides us in: Accessing deeper meditative states outside of a retreat Turbo-charging our practice through shorter meditations we can do in our daily lives Finding the mental areas where our mistaken sense of self ...
Ep. 195 – Approaching Suffering without Reactivity
March 20, 2024 17:32 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBFocusing on equanimity and compassion, Joseph Goldstein teaches about staying open and responsive to collective and individual suffering. This talk from the Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on Dharmaseed. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein divulges : How to stay open and responsive while exper...
Ep. 194 – The Buddha’s Sacred Journey
March 14, 2024 17:01 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBJoseph Goldstein describes the steps along the Buddha’s path to awakening, helping us see the significance of the Buddha in our own lives. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour This dharma talk from The Insight Meditation Society was originally published on Dharmaseed. In this episode, Joseph Goldstein lectures on: The sacred journey of the Buddha’s life The Bu...
Ep. 193 - Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivation
March 01, 2024 16:01 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBExplaining the ways our minds can be seduced, Joseph Goldstein teaches us how to let go into non-clinging. This 2007 talk was originally published on Dharmaseed. 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 episode, Joseph Goldstein teaches listeners about: Letting go into the wisdom mind of non-clinging Awakening to the nature of the mind Working with the hi...
Ep. 192 - The Buddha's Life And Journey
February 08, 2024 15:04 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBTaking a journey through the Buddha’s history, Joseph Goldstein reveals how we can relate the Bodhisattva’s experiences to our own lives. 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 Episode, Joseph teaches on: The history of Siddhartha Guatama Archetypes and myths within the Buddha’s journey Connecting individual experiences into universal principals Joseph ...
Bonus Episode: Joseph's Meditative Story with Rohan Gunatillake
January 25, 2024 17:43 - 40 minutes - 37 MBJoseph Goldstein joins Rohan Gunatillake to share the meditative story of how he first learned to integrate his spirituality into everyday life. This episode was originally aired on Meditative Story, a podcast that combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with the immediate, science-backed benefits of mindfulness practice – all surrounded by breathtaking and cinematic music. You can find Meditative Story on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Joseph Goldstein share...
Ep. 191 - Knowing, Awareness And Wisdom
January 17, 2024 14:26 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBDiscussing the differences between knowing, awareness and wisdom, Joseph Goldstein helps deepen our insights into the nature of body and mind. This 2007 talk was originally published on Dharmaseed. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour This time on Insight Hour, Joseph lectures on: The Satipatthana Sutta The four foundations of mindfulness Overcoming suffering...
Ep. 190 - Questions and Answers on Buddhist Practice
December 29, 2023 17:31 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBGoing through questions submitted by meditators on retreat, Jill Shepard asks Joseph about discernment and other Buddhist practices. This episode was recorded as part of a three-month retreat at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published by Dharmaseed In this episode, Joseph answers questions on: What it means to waste your suffering Turning attention inward and looking at the cause of suffering Attachment, resistance, and false perception Self and anatta (not-se...
Ep. 189 – Creating A Concept of Self
December 07, 2023 15:39 - 57 minutes - 53 MBDescribing how perceptions and constructs shape our experiences, Joseph Goldstein teaches on the concept of self. 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 episode, Joseph describes: The liberating jewel of the Buddha’s teachings The Self as the fabrication of our minds The relief of selflessness Abandoning unwholesome qualities Using Buddhist psychology ...
Ep. 188 – Skillful Means for Non-Clinging
November 24, 2023 19:35 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBIn this question-and-answer session, Joseph Goldstein explores skillful means for non-clinging, how to work with the comparing mind, the intricacies of walking meditation, and much more. This dharma talk, recorded on October 20, 2023, was originally published on Dharma Seed. In this episode of Insight Hour: Joseph offers a series of tips on walking meditation He responds to questions about working with the comparing mind and working with the mind that is desperate to fix everyth...
Ep. 187 - Love & Fear
November 08, 2023 23:16 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBJoseph Goldstein delves into the concepts of loving-kindness, compassion, and the fear of discomfort. He highlights the transformative power of loving-kindness, mindfulness, and compassion in overcoming fears and limitations, ultimately fostering genuine happiness. This dharma talk, recorded on February 18, 1997, was originally published on Dharma Seed. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:...
Ep. 186 - Working With Thought And Emotion
November 02, 2023 17:03 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBJoseph Goldstein expounds upon the relationship between thought and emotion as it relates to both our spiritual practice and our daily lives. This dharma talk, recorded on June 4, 2013, was originally published on Dharma Seed. In this lecture, Joseph: Dissects the nuanced meaning of the Pali word sati, often translated as "mindfulness" Highlights the importance of applying mindfulness to both skillful and unskillful thoughts Helps us understand the very nature of thought Outli...
Ep. 185 - Suffering And The Illusion Of Self
October 26, 2023 21:19 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBJoseph Goldstein investigates the links between suffering, compassion, and the concept of the self. This dharma talk, recorded on July 2, 1994, was originally published on Dharma Seed. In this talk, Joseph: Breaks down the three kinds of suffering according to the Buddha Advises us to remain open to suffering, reminding us that avoiding or resisting pain and unpleasant mind states only serves to feed them Posits that compassion grows from letting suffering in Proposes that we ...
Ep. 184 – Our Unskillful Actions: Doing More Good Than Bad
October 18, 2023 20:35 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBJoseph Goldstein dissects the Buddha’s most simple but fundamental lessons: to avoid what is unwholesome, to perform good actions, and to purify the mind. This dharma talk, recorded on September 26, 1991, was originally published on Dharma Seed. 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 talk, Joseph: Acknowledges that even the most simple lessons are not eas...
Ep. 183 – The Why and How of Practice
October 12, 2023 20:18 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBJoseph Goldstein dissects the concept of meditation from the what, to the why, to the how. This dharma talk was recorded on July 8, 2007, at the Insight Meditation Society and was originally published on Dharma Seed. 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 talk, Joseph: Demystifies meditation Asks, “Why do we meditate?” and “How do we meditate?” Emphasiz...
Ep. 182 – Equanimity: "There in the Middleness"
September 30, 2023 21:56 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBJoseph Goldstein examines the mental factor of equanimity through the lens of the Eight Vicissitudes and the brahmavihārā. This dharma talk from April 17, 2012, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed. In this lecture, Joseph: Defines equanimity as neutrality of mind and the quality of evenness Draws a distinction between indifference of mind and spacious impartiality Examines the eight vicissitudes (gain and loss, praise and blame...
Ep. 181 – The Way of the Tao
September 20, 2023 21:19 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBIn 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 Seed. In this talk, Joseph touches on: The meaning of emptiness The such-ness of things The 10,000 joys, the 10,000 sorrows, and opening ourselves up to the whole range of experience The Taoist dichotomy between non-action and inaction Ta...
Ep. 180 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part 2
September 13, 2023 20:12 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBJoseph 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 defilements of thought are not intrinsic to the mind Provides us with a methodology for freeing ourselves from entanglement and attachment Compares the clinging mind to ice and the luminous...
Ep. 179 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part I
August 30, 2023 17:42 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBJoseph 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 lecture, Joseph: Teaches us that there are two understandings of bodhicitta: relative bodhicitta, which is compassion, and ultimate bodhicitta, which is selflessness Highlights the spiritual importance of cultivating both c...
Ep. 178 – The Wisdom Of "No"
August 23, 2023 00:05 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJoseph 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, Joseph: Encourages us to examine the content and nature of our own thoughts Maintains that our actions are conditioned by how we think about ourselves and how we think about the world Advocates for cultivating...
Ep. 177 – Understanding Equanimity
August 15, 2023 19:54 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThis 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 Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed. 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 explores: The ...
Ep. 176 – Questions About The Path to Awakening
August 09, 2023 15:24 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBJoseph 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 the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed. In this Q&A style talk, Joseph answers an assortment of questions concerning: The stages of enlightenment Being mindful of positive and wholesome mind states Realizing ...
Ep. 175 – Instructions on Working with Thoughts
August 02, 2023 15:13 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn 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 on Dharma Seed. WIN A TRIP FOR YOU AND A FRIEND TO OUR 2023 MAUI RETREAT: Maui Retreat Giveaway In this talk, Joseph: Encourages us to notice when we become aware of our own thinking Highlights the importance of recogni...
Ep. 174 – Liberation Teachings for Daily Life
July 26, 2023 14:57 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBJoseph 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 you don’t take your life into your own hands, not even the Buddhas can make a difference. It’s up to you.” – Joseph Goldstein In this talk, Joseph Goldstein offers insights into: Finding a balance between monastic renunciation and ...
Ep. 173 – Understanding Karma & Samsara
July 19, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBJoseph 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 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 talk, Joesph shares his wisdom on: Applying Buddhist practice a...
Ep. 172 – Consciousness: The Power of Mind
July 12, 2023 18:29 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBTaking 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 mind Mental illness, obsessions, addictions and thought-loops Being a prisoner of our own untrained mind Impermanence, empowerment, and the potential of the inner Buddha The Mahamudra and taming the mind Staying m...
Ep. 171 – Fulfillments of Understanding
July 05, 2023 22:50 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBJoseph 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 understanding. The first of them is the Iddhi of special knowledge, which means the knowledge or the understanding of things which go beyond the conventional realm of concepts.” – Joseph Goldstein In this episode, Joseph examines the f...
Ep. 170 – Samsara
June 28, 2023 22:29 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBJoseph 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 keep us moving around and around in this cycle of Samsara. There’s no balance in our lives, there’s no rest in our lives, as long as this cycle of Klesha is revolving.” – Joseph Goldstein In this episode, Joseph explores: The...
Ep. 169 – The Heart of Wisdom
June 22, 2023 03:18 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBJoseph 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 your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “Through this integration, the art and the science, we really awaken in us this heart of wisdom. And the heart of wisdom means seeing the true nature of phenomena...
Ep. 168 – The Five Spiritual Faculties
June 14, 2023 23:34 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBJoseph 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 strength. Because of this, the mind becomes more peaceful. We get a taste of a genuine inner peace, a sense of calm, a sense of tranquility. From this taste of peace within us – not peace dependent on any external situation, but actuall...
Ep. 167 – Self and Self Loss
June 07, 2023 17:06 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBExtricating 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 licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “There are so many parts of our experience which we don't like, we don't want to be there. We condemn, we judge, we push away—it can be difficult feelings in the body, difficult emoti...
Ep. 166 – Opening to Fear
May 31, 2023 19:53 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBJoseph 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 we come to our edges, we come up to our boundaries of what is acceptable; what is acceptable in terms of physical sensation, what is acceptable in terms of mind states or feelings or emotions. And those are our boundaries at which fears in the min...
Ep. 165 – The Relationship of Practice and World Peace
May 24, 2023 23:34 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBJoseph 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 month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “There is a very powerful effect; it’s not just for ourselves that we practice, it is for ourselves and it is for everyone else, as well. Because ...
Ep. 164 – Dependent Origination
May 17, 2023 21:18 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBJoseph 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 being mindful, when there is no ignorance, when there is no delusion, when we are seeing things actually as they are, in that moment, the mind is purified; we are breaking this chain of dependent origination, we are breaking the link of it.” – Joseph Gol...
Ep. 163 – The Tao and the Rhythm of Experience
May 10, 2023 23:15 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBJoseph 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 first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “When we can settle back and allow the change, allow the process of change to unfold without interfering, without pushing the river, then we establish ourselves in ...
Ep. 162 – Happiness: The Progress of Insight
May 03, 2023 21:29 - 53 minutes - 49 MBJoseph 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 happiness of concentration, and that’s the happiness of insight, the happiness of wisdom, when we really come to a deep and profound understanding of who we are, of what this life is about.” – Joseph Goldstein In this episode, Joseph explores: The happine...
Ep. 161 – Equanimity Practice
April 27, 2023 19:29 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn 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 month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “Equanimity is the mind state of impartially, not indifference. So it’s like space which contains everything impartially. And one way of comin...
Ep. 160 – The Five Iddhis
April 20, 2023 21:28 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBJoseph 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 to the Iddhi of understanding. When the Buddha was asked what the true miracle was, he said the real miracle is the awakening of people’s minds, it’s not the flying through the air or the diving in the earth, it’s the awakening of the mind, the awakening ...
Ep. 159 – Tides of Conception
April 13, 2023 19:32 - 1 hour - 58 MBJoseph 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 month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “Do we buy in? Do we buy into the content? Do we get lost in this mind-created world of ‘future,’ or can we see it as being as light as a momentary...
Ep. 158 – Generosity of the Heart
April 05, 2023 18:11 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBJoseph 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 Pali language, the language of the Buddha’s time, and it means loving-kindness or friendliness. And it refers to that basic quality or that basic feeling of generosity of the heart. It’s an expression of the generous heart that is simply wishing well, simp...
Ep. 157 – Relative And Absolute Bodhicitta
March 30, 2023 00:33 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIn 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 with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “The ultimate nature of Bodhicitta – the relative level is compassion – the ultimate level of Bodhicitta, is the empty, aware nature of the mind itsel...
Ep. 156 – Doorway to Freedom
March 22, 2023 23:02 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBJoseph 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 from an intellectual understanding of it to a direct experience of it can be our doorway to freedom The different ways we can gain liberating insights into the truth of impermanence, including reflecting on death and relationships ...
Ep. 155 – Embodied Presence: Free from Desire and Discontent
March 14, 2023 21:31 - 1 hour - 57 MBJoseph 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 month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “We settle back into the body, into the awareness of the body, and we allow the tensions and the knots, we allow them to unfold. We create the space,...
Ep. 154 – Compassion and Social Responsibility
March 01, 2023 04:32 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIn 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 first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “When compassion and wisdom are both present in our lives, even to a small extent, there’s really a remarkable transformation, because they bring a creative power to the way ...
Ep. 153 – Ardor and the Path to Freedom
February 14, 2023 15:34 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBJoseph 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 receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour “What is ardency? I think we all have some sense of it in our very worldly lives. Just think of the feeling of ardor in the great love of your l...
Ep. 152 – The Early Life of Sharon Salzberg & Joseph Goldstein
February 01, 2023 18:56 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBJoseph 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 your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/insighthour This podcast is being released in tandem with Sharon Salzberg’s Metta Hour Hour Podcast. Sharon is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher,...
Ep. 151 – No Self, No Problem w/ Ram Dass
January 25, 2023 21:12 - 1 hour - 57 MBIn 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 Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, John Lockley, Ram Dev, Trudy Goodman, Lama Tsultrim Allione—FREE January 16 to 25. Sit in true peace, love, and tranquility. Join thousands of people around the world ...
Ep. 150 – Nature of Mind
January 18, 2023 18:54 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBExploring 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: betterhelp.com/insighthour NEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, John Lockley, Ram Dev, Trudy Goodman, Lama Tsultrim Allione—FREE January 1...