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. 112 – Bare Attention
Joseph Goldstein explores the concept of bare attention, or choiceless awareness, and how cultivating this state of mind can help us settle back, live in the present moment, and more.
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00:59:19 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Ep. 111 – 11 Questions and Responses
On episode 111 of the Insight Hour Podcast, Joseph Goldstein offers responses to 11 questions on topics such as selflessness, Right Effort, shame, cravings, and obsessive thoughts.
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01:28:37 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
Ep. 110 – Big Mind Game
In this guided meditation from 1977, Joseph Goldstein plays the Big Mind Game, which is a practice of establishing a very still and deep balance of the mind.
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00:39:29 |
Tue 14 Sep 2021
Ep. 109 – Generosity and Emptiness with Ram Dass and Raghu Markus
From the 2018 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat on Maui, Ram Dass and Raghu Markus join Joseph Goldstein for a conversation around generosity and emptiness.
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00:56:45 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Ep. 108 – Metta & Generosity w/ Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg joins Joseph Goldstein to talk about how Metta (lovingkindness) is an expression of generosity, and to answer questions from the audience at the 2018 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retre…
00:38:44 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Ep. 107 – Generosity as a Practice w/ Sharon Salzberg
From the 2018 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat on Maui, old friends Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg join forces to explore generosity as a form of mindfulness practice.
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00:45:36 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Ep. 106 – The Methodology of Mindfulness
From the Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat in 2018, Joseph Goldstein covers the methodology of mindfulness, answering three key questions about the nature of mindfulness.
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01:02:27 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
Ep. 105 – Cultivating Loving Thought
From the infamous 1974 Naropa summer sessions, Joseph Goldstein answers audience questions on love, wisdom, practice, perspective, metta, impermanence, silence, and cultivating loving thought.
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00:42:12 |
Thu 03 Jun 2021
Ep. 104 – Enlightenment or Bust: A Reflection on the End of the Path
On this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein explores how it’s helpful to have a comprehensive view of our direction as we set out on the spiritual path.
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00:58:19 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Ep. 103 – Integrating What We Have Learned
Tying together meditation's basics—steady awareness & non-clinging—with the intentionality of careful investigation of thought, body, and emotion, Joseph lines a path toward mindful liberation.
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00:44:44 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Ep. 102 – Courageous Effort
Exploring the factor of enlightenment known as Viriya—our energetic capacity—Joseph Goldstein shares how we can cultivate courageous effort within our lives and daily practices.
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00:50:27 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Ep. 101 – Hallucinations of Perception
Joseph Goldstein explores the hallucinations of perception that keep us bound to the wheel of conditioned existence and teaches us how to train our noble supernormal powers.
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00:53:16 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Ep. 100 – The Fetters and Defilements of the Mind
Joseph Goldstein continues his exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, sharing his insights on how the fetters and defilements of the mind arise, are removed, and can be prevented.
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00:58:52 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
Ep. 99 – Mindfulness of the Six Sense Spheres
Joseph Goldstein continues his series of talks on the Satipatthana Sutta, this time focusing on mindfulness of the six sense spheres and the fetters that arise dependent on them.
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00:54:37 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Ep. 98 – Volition and Consciousness
On this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein continues his discussion of mindfulness of the dhammas by exploring the mental formation of volition and the aggregate of consciousness.
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01:02:23 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Ep. 97 – Perception & Mental Formations
In this Dharma talk, Joseph investigates the mindfulness of the dhamma, focusing in on the aggregates of perception and mental formations.
Continuing a series of talks on the Satipatthana Sutra, Jos…
00:57:28 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
Ep. 96 – The Five Aggregates of Clinging
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00:57:49 |
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Ep. 95 – Remedies for Sloth and Torpor
In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein continues his exploration of the five hindrances, this time offering remedies to deal with the mental factors of sloth and torpor.
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00:59:20 |
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Ep. 94 – Dealing with Aversive States of Mind
In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein uses the teachings of the Satipatthāna Sutta to explore how we can deal with aversive states of mind such as hatred, anger, and ill-will.
00:58:54 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Ep. 93 – Thought and Emotion
Joseph Goldstein shares Buddhist insight into using mindfulness and meditation to be present with our thoughts and emotions.
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00:58:42 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
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