Ep. 163 – The Tao and the Rhythm of Experience

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein explores wisdom from the Tao and talks about how we can learn to settle back into each moment and establish ourselves in the rhythm of experience.

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“When we can settle back and allow the change, allow the process of change to unfold without interfering, without pushing the river, then we establish ourselves in the rhythm of experience. And the rhythm carries us, just as in any activity, in music, in sport, in nature; the rhythm carries the experience when it’s not interfered with. And in that, there’s a grace, there’s a harmony, there’s a balance.” – Joseph Goldstein

In this episode, Joseph explores:

Learning to settle back and become one with each moment of experience
How the appreciation of rhythm has to do with the full awareness of change and how we can establish ourselves in the rhythm of experience
The difference between non-action and inaction
How the simplicity of the Buddha’s teachings leads to great spaciousness
Some of the wisdom from the Tao Te Ching
The obstacles in the way of the simple practice of settling back into each moment, including our sense of self

This dharma talk from December 7, 1986, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

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0:00.0	So what we want to do is to learn how to settle back into the moment.
0:10.3	Instead of toppling forward or rushing or anticipating can we settle back and
0:17.8	receive this teaching? Can we become one with each moment of experience? Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:43.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:48.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:54.3	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
0:57.5	please go to be here now network.com slash Joseph.
1:08.0	In one of the famous Mahayana sutras, discourses, it said that the Buddha was sitting on the top of a mountain called
1:21.7	Vulture Peak outside of Rajgir in India.
1:27.2	He was surrounded by the assembly of monks and nuns
1:31.0	and lay people.
1:35.0	The Buddha came into the assembly and sat down, sat silently,
1:41.0	and after a few moments held up a flower.
1:47.0	And it said that one of the great disciples, Mahakassapa, smiled.
1:57.0	That's the Suita, that's the discourse. The Buddha holds up a flower and Mahakassapa smiles.
2:10.0	If we can understand the flower and the smile, the whole of the dama is revealed in that.
2:21.0	And the Buddha is revealed in that.
2:24.0	And the Buddha held up the flower.
2:29.0	In that flower he was demonstrating how forms conditioned by various causes are constantly changing.
2:47.0	In the holding up the flower we see the nature of attachment, the nature of
3:07.0	attachment and the nature of suffering.
3:10.0	If we try to hold on to the beauty of the particular form, as it changes subject to various
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