Ep. 134 – The Simplicity of Practice

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

Be Here Now Network

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

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🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Joseph Goldstein reviews the basic instructions in the service of understanding the simplicity of practice, and then answers questions about death, clinging, and evolution.

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0:00.0	This morning I just wanted to review the basic instructions in the service of understanding the simplicity of practice.
0:14.8	Sometimes there are a lot of words describing
0:18.7	the different aspects of experience that can be known.
0:26.0	We may get the idea that we're supposed to be looking for certain things or thinking about it all. And yet the practice itself is an experience. to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:53.5	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
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1:13.0	Over the last week
1:21.0	over the last week there have been a series of instructions highlighting different aspects of
1:28.9	our experience that may come into the forefront of our awareness.
1:36.5	This morning I just wanted to review
1:40.8	the basic instructions in the service of understanding the simplicity of practice.
1:49.0	Sometimes there are a lot of words describing the different aspects of experience that can be known.
2:00.0	We may get the idea that we're supposed to be looking for certain things or thinking about
2:08.0	it all.
2:09.0	And yet the practice itself is very simple.
2:16.8	The most basic meditation instruction of all
2:24.0	was suggested by my teacher, by my teacher, Meninjiji.
2:27.3	He said, if you sit and know you're sitting, the whole of the darma will be revealed.
2:38.0	So that could be a starting place just to sit and know you're sitting.
2:45.0	Staying aware that you're sitting.
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