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Joseph Goldstein's Dharma Talks

Joseph Goldstein

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I have two main aims in teaching. The first is to spread the dharma as widely as possible, offering it to as many different people as I can. The second is to teach a smaller number of people over sustained periods of time. This in-depth teaching engages my tremendous love for intensive, long-term meditation practice, where people can immerse themselves in the retreat experience and see how it transforms their understanding.

Although deeply rooted in the Vipassana tradition of Theravada Buddhism, I enjoy working with various skillful means from different Buddhist schools to help convey the essence of all practice, the one dharma of liberation. This essential dharma includes the wisdom of non-clinging, the motivation of compassion to practice for the benefit of all beings, and the potential for liberation within us all.

Given the speed and complexity of our culture, the Buddha's teachings offer a much-needed means to slow down, a way to create some inner calm. We need to touch base with this place of tranquillity in order to allow our bodies and minds to unwind. We then have the chance to see more deeply and profoundly the nature of our lives, how we create suffering and how we can be free. The dharma begins with the development of calm and it carries us all the way to liberation.

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2009-10-13 Love and Kindness 57:28	Download Listen
Bring metta into the world
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Two-Month Retreat

2009-09-29 The Four Mind Changing Reflections 59:36	Download Listen
Precious human birth, impermanence, karma and the defects of samsara.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Two-Month Retreat

2009-08-01 Practice in the World: Right Speech 51:16	Download Listen
Right speech, the third step on the 8-fold Noble Path, is more than a set of ethical guidelines for living in the world. It is the practice of speech in the service of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation

2009-07-29 Lovingkindness 52:46	Download Listen
"What we frequently think about and ponder upon becomes the inclination of the mind." - The Buddha This talk explores the cultivation of loving thoughts and feelings - what supports it and what obstructs it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation

2009-07-25 Turning the Mind Toward the Dharma 55:49	Download Listen
The four mind-changing reflections: precious human birth, impermanence, karma and the defects of samsara.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation

2009-06-26 Right Speech 51:34	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-06-24 Compassion 53:28	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-06-22 Liberation Through Non-clinging 61:48	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-06-19 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation Retreat 65:28	Download Listen
Talk given with Carol Wilson and Rodney Smith
Gaia House : Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-05-18 Satipatthana Sutta - part 46 - The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration, Conclusion. 61:58	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Satipatthana Sutta Series

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