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Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Joseph Goldstein.

Joseph has been leading Insight and Loving Kindness Meditation Retreats worldwide since 1974.

He's a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, the Berry Center for Buddhist Studies and

the Forest Refuge. Which sounds true, Joseph has published a new book and a new audio program. The book is called Mindfulness, a practical guide to awakening, where he delves deeply into the Satipatana sutra.

It's also a book in which he shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice, a book that will serve as a lifelong

companion for anyone committed to mindful living and the realization of

inner freedom. In this episode of Insights at the Edge

Joseph and I spoke about his definition of mindfulness a definition that goes beyond just being in the present moment.

We also talked about the realization of impermanence

as it relates to mindfulness,

not as a concept, but as a lived experience.

Joseph also offered us an overview of the Satipitana

Sutra and its structure and importance.

Here's the first part of my conversation with Joseph Goldstein

on the deeper dimensions of mindfulness. Joseph, to begin with, I'd love to know how you first encountered the practice of mindfulness.

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