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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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2017-11-26 Questions and Answers 69:44	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2017-07-20 Collage (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:36	Download Listen
Last hold-out of self; not leaning into practice; can the mind be found?; dreaming oneself into existence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-07-19 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:45	Download Listen
Review of body, breath, feeling tones, thoughts and working with emotion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-07-16 Deepening Insight into Impermanence (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:31	Download Listen
What we learn from being mindful.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-07-15 First Day Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:41	Download Listen
Explaining four aspects of meditation practice: "sit and know you're sitting"; "there is a body"; "simply begin again"; "relaxed but not casual."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-05-27 Compassion & Equanimity in Difficult Times, Daylong Retreat: Afternoon 66:35	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-27 Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times, Daylong Retreat: Morning 2:10:13	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-26 Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times, Evening Talk 1:53:02	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-04-24 The Nature Of Mind: Intrinsically empty, Naturally radiant, Ceaselessly responsive 57:29	Download Listen
An exploration of emptiness, awareness and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-04-17 No Foothold 56:57	Download Listen
Exploring different ways to free the mind: understanding the habits of preference, the emptiness of thoughts, the seduction of "I am", and identification with consciousness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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