Ep. 129 – Turning the Mind Toward Dharma

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

Be Here Now Network

Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Buddhism, Insightmeditation, Meditation, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein explores four reflections from the Buddhist tradition that are profound tools of practice for turning the mind toward the Dharma.

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Today's Dharma talk from 2009 was originally published on Dharma Seed

“When we take this to heart and we begin to really look carefully at our motivations – motivations behind our speech, behind our actions, behind what thoughts we give energy to – when we practice in this way it gives us the opportunity to make wiser choices in our lives. When we’re unaware, we’re simply playing out the habit patterns of our conditioning.” – Joseph Goldstein

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1:11.6	The word Buddha means awake or the awakened one.
1:20.0	And for many of us, the goal of Darma practice is precisely this, to awaken from the sleep
1:29.5	of ignorance from the dream of delusion.
1:35.0	And we actually have a glimpse of this possibility
1:38.0	every time we wake up in the morning
1:41.0	as we awaken from deep sleep or we come out of a dream
1:46.0	dream state we come into a waking consciousness which seems somehow more alive, more connected, more real.
1:59.6	But the Buddha pointed out that even in our normal waking state, when we feel most awake and aware, we're
2:10.6	still asleep. We're still asleep.
2:16.0	We're lost in and identified with all the various habit patterns of our minds.
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