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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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2016-07-28 Reflections on Non-Self 59:04	Download Listen
A collage of transformative insights.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-07-24 Working with Afflictive Emotions 59:17	Download Listen
Transforming afflictive emotions into freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : July Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-06-26 Liberation through non-clinging 61:51	Download Listen
Impermanence and non-self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2016-06-25 Morning instructions 58:23	Download Listen
Review of meditation instructions and working with thoughts and emotions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2016-06-24 Doubt and aversion 59:36	Download Listen
Understanding and working with these two hinderances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2016-06-23 Opening metta instructions 53:40	Download Listen
Working with self and benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2016-05-30 Right speech 55:40	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-05-23 Q&A 56:13	Download Listen
Wide ranging discussion of questions from meditators
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-12-02 Q&A 68:02	Download Listen
A recording of young Dhammaruwan played near the beginning and at end
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-25 "Big Mind" Guided Meditation 44:05	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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