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. 172 – Consciousness: The Power of Mind
Taking a journey into the vastness of the mind, Joseph Goldstein explores the creative power of consciousness.
In this episode, Joseph Goldstein elucidates:Consciousness as the creator of our inner …
00:59:26 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Ep. 171 – Fulfillments of Understanding
Joseph Goldstein explores the five Iddhis, or fulfillments of understanding, spoken of by the Buddha, and offers four different paths which can lead one to the completion of the fulfillments.
“The B…
00:56:11 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
Ep. 170 – Samsara
Joseph Goldstein explores the nature of Samsara, or endless wandering, and the three interdependent cycles of defilements, actions, and results that keep the wheel of Samsara rolling.
“These three K…
00:55:06 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Ep. 169 – The Heart of Wisdom
Joseph Goldstein guides us through the steps of integrating the science of meditation with the art of meditation as a way of awakening within us the heart of wisdom.
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00:48:12 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Ep. 168 – The Five Spiritual Faculties
Joseph Goldstein explores the different ways that we can strengthen and sharpen the five spiritual faculties that exercise a governing role in the mind when they are highly developed.
“So out of the…
00:49:38 |
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Ep. 167 – Self and Self Loss
Extricating us from dualist concepts of self and other, Joseph helps us move from the 'ego-center' to the 'zero-center' through opening to love.
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00:54:59 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
Ep. 166 – Opening to Fear
Joseph Goldstein talks about working with and opening to fear as he pinpoints the three types of deeply conditioned fears that keep us from recognizing our own Buddha nature.
“What happens as procee…
00:49:28 |
Wed 31 May 2023
Ep. 165 – The Relationship of Practice and World Peace
Joseph Goldstein explores the relationship of our meditation practice to the establishment of world peace by helping us understand the tendencies of the mind obstructing that peace.
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00:45:26 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Ep. 164 – Dependent Origination
Joseph Goldstein explores the concept of dependent origination – the law of causality and conditioning – so we can understand the process that keeps us bound to the Wheel of Samsara.
“In every momen…
00:55:48 |
Wed 17 May 2023
Ep. 163 – The Tao and the Rhythm of Experience
Joseph Goldstein explores wisdom from the Tao and talks about how we can learn to settle back into each moment and establish ourselves in the rhythm of experience.
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00:50:31 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Ep. 162 – Happiness: The Progress of Insight
Joseph Goldstein examines what happiness is and how we get it, plus he outlines the very ordered stages of progress that occur on the path of insight and wisdom.
“There’s another kind of happiness,…
00:53:30 |
Wed 03 May 2023
Ep. 161 – Equanimity Practice
In this episode, Joseph Goldstein leads a powerful practice around cultivating equanimity and talks about why it’s important not to confuse equanimity with its near enemy, indifference.
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00:19:20 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Ep. 160 – The Five Iddhis
Joseph Goldstein explores the Buddha’s concept of the Five Iddhis, which are the five elements of the teachings we need to bring to completion in order to truly awaken our hearts and minds.
“This Id…
00:56:04 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Ep. 159 – Tides of Conception
Joseph Goldstein talks about how the tides of conceiving continually condition our lives and explores the ways we can directly experience the reality of Nibanna, the unconditioned.
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01:03:23 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Ep. 158 – Generosity of the Heart
Joseph Goldstein covers the basics of metta, which he calls the generosity of the heart, and shares ways we can cultivate deeper feelings of loving-kindness in our practice.
“Metta, as most of you a…
00:56:54 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Ep. 157 – Relative And Absolute Bodhicitta
In this deep exploration of the union between compassion and emptiness, Joseph Goldstein breaks down the relative and absolute levels of Bodhicitta, the heart-mind of awakening.
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00:55:35 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Ep. 156 – Doorway to Freedom
Joseph Goldstein talks about how wisdom arises from an understanding of the true nature of impermanence, and how experiencing the truth of change can be our doorway to freedom.
In this episode, Jose…
01:01:34 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Ep. 155 – Embodied Presence: Free from Desire and Discontent
Joseph Goldstein helps us understand the quality of samadhi, which he describes as embodied presence, and talks about the different methods we have available for cultivating it.
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01:02:16 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
Ep. 154 – Compassion and Social Responsibility
In this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein explores what compassion is, the wisdom that gives rise to it, and how we can manifest it in the world.
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00:54:48 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Ep. 153 – Ardor and the Path to Freedom
Joseph Goldstein explores the path to freedom that the Buddha laid out for all of us and talks about the importance of developing and sustaining the quality of ardor in our practice.
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00:54:22 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
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