Ep. 156 – Doorway to Freedom

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein talks about how wisdom arises from an understanding of the true nature of impermanence, and how experiencing the truth of change can be our doorway to freedom.

In this episode, Joseph explores:

The nature of impermanence and why going from an intellectual understanding of it to a direct experience of it can be our doorway to freedom
The different ways we can gain liberating insights into the truth of impermanence, including reflecting on death and relationships
How, when we begin to see the true nature of change, we start to cultivate Bodhicitta
The two levels of Bodhicitta – the relative level and the ultimate level – and how Bodhicitta manifests as responsive compassion

“So this is really important because in talking about the impermanent nature of all this and how ultimately unsatisfying it all is, the implication is not that we pull back from experience, as some people might assume. Rather, it’s learning to not hold on. That is the implication, and that is the doorway to freedom.” – Joseph Goldstein

This dharma talk from March 25, 2004, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

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0:00.0	In talking about the impermanent nature of all this and how ultimately unsatisfying it all is,
0:12.0	the implication is not that we pull back from experience, as some people
0:17.4	might assume. Rather, it's learning to not hold on. That is the implication and that is the doorway to freedom. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour.
0:45.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:51.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:57.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please go to Be Here Now network.com slash Joseph. The heart of the Buddhist teachings is freeing the mind from the habits of suffering, from the habits of envy and greed, of anger, of hatred.
1:35.0	And all the practices that we do, all the different practices,
1:39.0	of generosity, of mindfulness, of concentration, of love and kindness. of
1:43.0	love and kindness,
1:45.0	really all have this end goal of freedom.
1:49.0	A unique aspect of the Buddhist.
1:52.0	A unique aspect of the Buddhist teachings is that it both begins and ends with wisdom.
2:03.0	Wisdom is not a matter of belief, and it's not a matter of dogma.
2:09.0	Our whole spiritual path, or this whole spiritual path unfolds
2:16.0	unfolds through our own investigation of what is true. The clear seeing into the nature of our mind comes from this investigating power.
2:33.5	And so that's what we cultivate, that's what we practice.
2:37.6	So the question for this evening that I'd like to explore is how do we train in wisdom.
2:48.0	Now what's the investigation that we undertake
2:52.1	that illuminates the nature of all minds? undertake that
2:55.0	in one very far-reaching aspect,
3:00.0	and this has tremendously broad and deep implications.
3:09.0	In this very far-reaching aspect, we can see that wisdom arises from an
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