Renowned meditation teacher, Joseph Goldstein, shares timeless insights on the mind, suffering, and the heart of why we meditate.
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In this episode, Joseph Goldstein offers his perspective on:
- The many reasons why we meditate
- How we all filter our experiences through our own particular conditioning and background
- Unpacking the Dhammapada’s teaching: “Mind is the forerunner of all actions”
- Using meditation to understand the patterns and nature of our own minds
- Strengthening mental stability and inner resilience through practice
- Cultivating present-moment awareness instead of being swept away by emotions
- Considering what qualities of heart and mind are being cultivated in all that we do
- A powerful reminder: Don’t waste your suffering—transform pain into wisdom
- Deepening insight into the impermanent nature of all experiences
- The difference between attachment and commitment
- The Buddhist concept of nonself and freeing our minds from identification
This recording from Spirit Rock’s April 2025 Insight Meditation retreat was originally published on Dharmaseed.
“We meditate to come out of confusion, to come out of all our habitual reactions into a space of greater wisdom, of greater clarity. We begin to see much more clearly what actually is going on in our experience rather than being lost in it. We begin to see what it is that’s shaping our lives.” – Joseph Goldstein
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