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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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2012-07-18 What is the Mind? 61:36	Download Listen
Clarifying basic terms of consciousness, perception, mindfulness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

1988-09-21 What Meditation Isn't and Walking Meditation Instructions 1:33:55	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1988 Three Month Retreat

2018-07-22 What Mindfulness is and What it Isn't 58:41	Download Listen
Exploring the nuances of mindfulness is a vehicle and methodology of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2004-10-20 When Walking, Just Walk - The Art Of Bare Attention 56:23	Download Listen
This talk explores the meaning of bare knowing and how it is strengthened in practice. It is part of the series on the Satipatthana Sutta, the Direct Path to Liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1982-10-29 Why Do We Practice 59:52	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-10-28 Why Do We Practice 58:31	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1982-10-24 Why Do We Practice 46:07	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1993-08-23 Why We Practice - Everything You Always Wanted to Know 59:23

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1993-08-28 Why We Practice: The Whole of Vipassana Practice 61:17

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2014-09-17 Why We Practice: The Wisdom of Seeing Impermanence 55:26	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

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