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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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2012-11-21 The End Of Dukkha 61:30	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-14 Working With Fear 60:44	Download Listen
How to work with the fears that limits us and explore the nature of fear itself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-10-26 Morning Instructions - Working with Thoughts 45:39	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-10-24 Renunciation - The Wisdom Of No 58:27	Download Listen
An exploration of the practice and power of abandoning the unskillful.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-10-17 Questions and Answers 61:38	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2012-10-10 Refraining From Ten Unwholesome Actions - Ill Will and Wrong View 59:25	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2012-10-02 Guided Metta - Neutral Person 44:09	Download Listen
Ten minute talk followed by a guided Metta practice - much silence
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2012-09-26 Q&A 60:12	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2012-09-19 Viriya; Courageous Energy 55:01	Download Listen
Exploring the different meanings and nuances of Viriya; energy effort, courage and perseverance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2012-07-21 Compassion 53:13	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

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