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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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1994-07-04 Practice In The World 57:29	Download Listen
The same quality of energy is required in retreats and in our lives.
In collection: Spirituality In Daily Life

1994-07-02 Suffering And The Illusion Of Self 67:42	Download Listen
Experiencing the unreliability of everything!
In collection: Self no-Self

1994-06-30 Impermanence And Karma 56:52

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1994-06-01 Instruction Tape 1:21:08	Download Listen
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Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

1994-02-17 The Four Noble Truths 65:07

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1994-02-14 Concepts and Reality 60:09

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1994-02-10 Carrying The Practice Into The World 56:51	Download Listen
Making our lives our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Complete Metta Retreat

1994-02-07 The Five Hindrances 66:07	Download Listen
In collection: Complete Metta Retreat

1994-02-07 The Four Noble Truths 63:59	Download Listen
discovering the heart of the Buddha's teachings

1994-02-04 Opening Talk: Refuges, Precepts And Guided Metta 57:08	Download Listen
Welcoming, laying the groundwork and asking, what is metta?
In collection: Complete Metta Retreat

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