Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

In helping us with understanding desire, Joseph Goldstein explores the three types of desire that the Buddha spoke of and offers several ways of working with desire in our practice. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour This recording was originally published on  Dharma...

Joseph Goldstein explores the fabricated concept of self, the secret name of things beneath our perception, the illusion of solidity, and the deeper reality that exists beyond our concept of self. This dharma talk from October 1999 at the Insight Meditation Society Retreat Center was originally published on Dharma Seed . “So there’s a secret name under the conventional name. The conventional name...

Joseph Goldstein talks about the nature of struggle and why working with experiences of pain and difficult states of mind can be a boon for our mindfulness practice. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour This recording was originally published on  Dharma Seed “Instead o...

Joseph Goldstein explores how to understand pain, how to relate to it, and how to use it, plus he talks about the quality of trust and learning to trust the moment’s experience. “Working with pain, opening to pain, to discomfort, begins to open up a whole range of experience in our lives that previously we’ve been closed to.” – Joseph Goldstein This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to rec...

Joseph Goldstein teaches us to manifest our intentions of goodwill and loving-kindness through wholesome actions. "If we plant a seed, the seed is going to bear fruit. Each of our actions will bear fruit. What kind of fruit to we want?" – Joseph Goldstein This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhe...

Joseph Goldstein reviews the basic instructions in the service of understanding the simplicity of practice, and then answers questions about death, clinging, and evolution. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour This recording was originally published on Dharma Seed See Priva...

In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein explores how the power of restraint can help create the space and softness in ourselves to manifest a deeper level of wisdom, compassion, and love.   Support podcasts like this through the Be Here Now Network 6th-Anniversary Fundraiser Drive - win tickets to the Ram Dass Legacy retreat in Maui, shop limited edition BHNNxBrunofsky merch and more:  beh...

Joseph Goldstein continues unfolding his map of wisdom by touching on the magic show of consciousness, the law of karma, dependent origination, and cultivating compassion. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour Learn more about how you can support Be Here Now Network podcasts...

Joseph is back with a brand new Dharma talk series piecing together essential teachings of the Buddha into an accessible map of wisdom. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour In this Dharma talk from the Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat  on 7...

The “Essential Buddhism” series continues with this 1974 dharma talk focused on the Four Noble Truths and how we must face the truth of suffering to walk the path of freedom. This dharma talk from the Naropa Institute Summer Sessions in 1974 was originally published on Dharma Seed . This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed profe...

Joseph Goldstein explores four reflections from the Buddhist tradition that are profound tools of practice for turning the mind toward the Dharma.  This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour Today's Dharma talk from 2009 was originally published on Dharma Seed “When we...

The “Essential Buddhism” series returns with a talk from Joseph Goldstein about karma and dependent origination, and a Q&A session that reminds us to look at the moon, not at the finger. This dharma talk from the Naropa Institute Summer Sessions in 1974 was originally published on Dharma Seed  Catch the first part of this series:  Essential Buddhism Part 1: Developing Our Field of Aw...

Continuing to explore the themes discussed in our previous episode, Joseph is back with an enlivening discourse on concepts and realities, the root cause of suffering, and how mindfulness connects with free-falling. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour In this dha...

The Insight Hour podcast's "Essential Buddhism" series returns with lessons we can learn from the parable of Plato’s Cave and the Buddhist teachings on the Four Ultimate Realities. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour Continuing a series of vintage lectures stemming fr...

In this recording from the Insight Meditation Society, Joseph Goldstein focuses on the third foundation of mindfulness: the mindfulness of mind. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Continuing a series on the essentials of Buddhism from 1974 at Naropa University, Joseph Goldstein plunges further into the essentials of Buddhism with a lecture on The Eightfold Path. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour Catch the first part of this series: Essential...

In this talk from 1978 at  The Insight Meditation Society , Joseph Goldstein takes us on a comically honest exploration of his spiritual awakening and commitment to practice. “I was totally fascinated by the whole process. It was the first time that I had, in any systematic way, sat down and tried to look at my mind, tried to concentrate it. It really aroused tremendous interest and fascinati...

In this talk from 1974 at Naropa University, Joseph Goldstein gets into the essentials of Buddhism. He lectures about dharma, insight meditation, and developing our field of awareness. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour “It is only in that silence of mind that the de...

In this recording from the Insight Meditation Society , Joseph Goldstein reviews the purpose of having a practice and offers us a beginner's guide to The Buddha Nature. Later, Sharon Salzberg joins to discuss developing a practice in the refuge of retreats. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  b...

Joseph Goldstein shares his wisdom on purifying our practice through openness to suffering and being compassionate.  This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour “It is amazing the impact we can have. We shouldn't underestimate the power of these small acts of generosity...

Sharing mindful insight on recognizing effort, desire, and impermanence in our practice, Joseph illuminates the nature of self as a flowing river. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour In this fresh and bounding Q&A session stemming from the Insight Meditation Socie...

In a session interweaving Buddhist and Taoist wisdom, Joseph Goldstein reveals how simplicity and spaciousness help us let go of our spiritual self-image and open to the Dharma. In this vintage Dharma talk stemming from the Insight Meditation Society on May 30th, 1983, Joseph Goldstein explores the spiritual discipline of simplicity through the mindful interplay and application of Taoism and...

Highlighting the deeply penetrating aspects of Metta, Joseph Goldstein explores how love, kindness, Right Thought, desire, gratitude and friendship can revolutionize our lives. This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/insighthour This dharma talk was originally published on Dharma See...

Joseph Goldstein offers a guided meditation and continued reflection on how we can free ourselves from Papanca – the three proliferating tendencies of mind: craving, conceit, and wrong view. This dharma talk was originally published on  Dharma Seed This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  bette...

In this Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein guides us through craving, conceit, and wrong view, which are the three proliferating tendencies of the mind also known as Papanca . This dharma talk was originally published on Dharma Seed   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .