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.

Cutting the chain of dependent origination, Joseph Goldstein teaches wise attention and freedom from defilement as the antidote to suffering.The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li_Canon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pāli Canon</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Theravada</a> Buddhism. This episode is the twenty-fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at <a href="http://betterhelp.com/insighthour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">betterhelp.com/insighthour </a>and get on your way to being your best self.This time on Insight Hour, Joseph continues exploring:<ul><li>The timelessness of the dhamma</li><li>How fetters of the mind arise and how to remove them</li><li>Preventing the future arising of mental fetters</li><li>The coming together of sense base, object, and consciousness</li><li>Desire as the automatic response to pleasant feelings</li><li>Aversion as our conditioned response to aversion</li><li>Neutrality and how it can lead to delusion</li><li>The necessity of wise attention to avoid suffering</li><li>Cutting the chain of dependent origination</li><li>Being mindful of what is actually arising moment to moment</li><li>Reinforcing our understanding of the impermanence of desire</li><li>Taking responsibility for our own minds</li></ul>Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Satipa%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na-Direct-Path-Realization-An%C4%81layo/dp/1899579540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a>This talk was originally published on <a href="https://dharmaseed.org/talks/1963/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dharmaseed</a>“Coming to the end of suffering means that we learn how to work with and understand and free ourselves from the force of the fetters in the mind. What’s amazing about this teaching is that it’s ultimately, completely empowering because it’s all up to us. Our suffering is not due to other people. We can take responsibility for our own minds.”– Joseph GoldsteinSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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Ep. 228 – Suffering And The Senses, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 25

Joseph Goldstein explores the six internal and external sense bases of consciousness, explaining its selfless and contingent nature.The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li_Canon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pāli Canon</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Theravada</a> Buddhism. This episode is the twenty-fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!This week, Joseph offers wisdom on:<ul><li>Mindfulness of the patterns of experience</li><li>Internal and external sense spheres</li><li>The mind as a sixth sense</li><li>The way we attach the self to all we experience</li><li>Seeing objects as being conditioned and selfless</li><li>Our sense organs and paying attention to how we experience senses</li><li>The contingent nature of consciousness</li><li>Freeing the mind by becoming disenchanted</li><li>Recognizing defilements when they arise, and letting them go</li><li>How we often push the river of experience rather than allowing it to flow</li><li>Maintaining openness of the mind without preferences</li></ul>“What’s difficult is to see all of these sense objects and the sense bases, to see and understand them as being conditioned, selfless, not I, not mine, not belonging to anyone. Not only seeing the sense object and sense base as selfless, but seeing the knowing of them as selfless.”– Joseph Goldstein Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Satipa%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na-Direct-Path-Realization-An%C4%81layo/dp/1899579540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a>This talk was originally published on <a href="https://dharmaseed.org/talks/1962/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dharmaseed</a> See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Ep. 227 – The Six Sense Bases, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 24

Joseph Goldstein explains the value in recognizing the body and self as impermanent, man-made concepts rather than something fixed and solid.The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li_Canon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pāli Canon</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Theravada</a> Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at <a href="http://betterhelp.com/insighthour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">betterhelp.com/insighthour </a>and get on your way to being your best self.This week, Joseph explains to listeners:<ul><li>Noticing the changing nature of all phenomena</li><li>The flow of changing sensations and thoughts</li><li>The superficial perception we have of the body</li><li>How attachment to the body contributes to a fear of death</li><li>What creates the felt sense of self</li><li>Noticing the difference between being lost in a thought and noticing thinking</li><li>Seeing the empty selfless nature of thoughts</li><li>Practicing seeing impermanence through mindfulness of the five aggregates</li><li>Regarding our body, feelings, perception, and consciousness as non-self</li></ul>This talk was originally published on <a href="https://dharmaseed.org/talks/302/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dharmaseed</a>Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Satipa%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na-Direct-Path-Realization-An%C4%81layo/dp/1899579540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a>“It is so freeing to realize that the only power that thoughts have is the power that we give them. The thought itself is little more than nothing. It is just this little blip in the mind, arising and passing away. But, when they’re unnoticed and we’re identified with them, taking them to be self, we’re giving them an enormous power in our lives.” – Joseph GoldsteinSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Ep. 226 – Non-Self, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 23

Concluding a segment on the five aggregates, Joseph Goldstein explains how mindfulness of mental formations refines our consciousness.The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li_Canon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pāli Canon</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Theravada</a> Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at <a href="http://betterhelp.com/insighthour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">betterhelp.com/insighthour </a>and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Joseph thoughtfully outlines:<ul><li>The mental factor of intention / volition as the chief of the mind</li><li>How the seeds we plant have tremendous potential</li><li>Considering the motivations of our intentions</li><li>Sorting out what is wholesome versus unwholesome</li><li>The three roots of all unwholesome actions: greed, hatred, and delusion</li><li>The three wholesome roots: generosity, loving-kindness, and wisdom</li><li>Pausing before we act so we can make wiser choices in our lives</li><li>How mindfulness attracts all of the fruits of wholesome action</li><li>The unchanging nature of bare knowing</li><li>The four causes of seeing consciousness</li><li>Consciousness as a conditioned phenomena</li><li>Focusing on what is arising through a passive voice and non-subject</li><li>Cultivating the open sky of the mind</li></ul>This talk was originally published on <a href="https://dharmaseed.org/talks/301/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dharmaseed</a>Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Satipa%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na-Direct-Path-Realization-An%C4%81layo/dp/1899579540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a>“The Buddha is saying that consciousness itself is a conditioned phenomena. It’s impersonal, arising out of causes, arising out of conditions moment to moment. Here we see that consciousness is not something that’s permanent. It’s not something that’s always present waiting for an object to appear, to be known. But rather consciousness itself is a process continually arising and passing away moment after moment.” – Joseph GoldsteinSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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