Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 253
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Ep. 13 - Equanimity: The Gateway to Enlightenment
From one perspective it can be said that the entire spiritual path rests on the development and cultivation of a particular mind state known simply as equanimity. When highly developed, equanimity br…
00:55:14 |
Wed 16 Dec 2015
Ep. 12 - Right View
‘There is no single factor so potent in promoting the good of beings as right view’ - Buddha
Joseph describes the wisdom factor of mind that is Right View and the function this understanding serves i…
01:00:30 |
Wed 02 Dec 2015
Ep. 11 - The Art of Renunciation
‘The mind free of desire is a greater pleasure”
An enlightening discourse on the often confounding subject of renunciation, and the ways in which we might find value in this practice. Joseph draws …
01:01:57 |
Wed 18 Nov 2015
Ep. 10 - Dukkha and Non-Self
What is it that we actually learn from being mindful? What wisdom emerges from the practice of awareness that has the power to liberate our hearts and minds from the suffering we experience? Joseph e…
00:54:10 |
Wed 04 Nov 2015
Ep. 09 - Sampapalapa: Useless Speech
Joseph is joined by long-time friend and fellow MPN ambassador, Raghu Markus, for an in-depth discussion about the value of kindness in our speech. How we say what we are feeling is often as importan…
01:12:31 |
Wed 21 Oct 2015
Ep. 08 - Intrinsically Empty, Naturally Radiant, Ceaselessly Responsive
“When compassion and emptiness are both present, enlightenment is unavoidable” A lucid discourse on the virtues of emptiness, awareness, and compassion, and the fundamental role these qualities play …
01:01:08 |
Wed 07 Oct 2015
Ep. 07 - The Buddha's Journey
Joseph outlines the life and times of the Great Sage, highlighting the relevance of his path with that of our own. On an archetypal level, the Buddha’s life serves to illuminate the aspirations and s…
00:57:52 |
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Ep. 06 - Working With Doubt And Aversion
Joseph discusses some of the more seductive energies highlighted by the Buddha. These energetic fields operate on a broad spectrum, from the subtle identification with consciousness itself to the ful…
01:01:29 |
Wed 09 Sep 2015
Ep. 05 - Achieved is the End of Craving
“Realized is the unconditioned, achieved is the end of craving” Can we really even imagine a mind that is free of craving, free of desire? We might occasionally glimpse this potential but often …
01:00:34 |
Wed 26 Aug 2015
Ep. 04 - Viriya - Energy, Strength and Courage
“It’s not difficult to be aware, it’s difficult to remember to be aware.” Joseph explores the quality of mind known in Pali as Viriya, and explains the variety of ways that it can be experienced. In …
00:57:56 |
Wed 12 Aug 2015
Ep. 03 - Merging Awareness and Expression
Our thoughts and emotions have the unique ability to condition both our suffering and our well-being. A deeper investigation regarding the relative versus ultimate truths of our experience becomes cr…
01:01:56 |
Wed 29 Jul 2015
Ep. 02 - The Wisdom of Impermanence
“Everything changes.” - Suzuki Roshi Our awareness alone is not sufficient in the search for liberation. We must learn to become present in order to question and further explore the nature of our exi…
01:02:17 |
Sun 19 Jul 2015
Ep. 01 - Zero Centre of Emptiness
In Joseph's first podcast for the Mindpod Network he clearly brings to light the sometimes very difficult convoluted notion of emptiness. As the high Lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says,"When you recog…
01:09:46 |
Tue 07 Jul 2015
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