Ep. 164 – Dependent Origination

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein explores the concept of dependent origination – the law of causality and conditioning – so we can understand the process that keeps us bound to the Wheel of Samsara.

“In every moment of noticing, in every moment of being mindful, when there is no ignorance, when there is no delusion, when we are seeing things actually as they are, in that moment, the mind is purified; we are breaking this chain of dependent origination, we are breaking the link of it.” – Joseph Goldstein

In this episode, Joseph explores:

The Wheel of Life, also known as the Wheel of Samsara
Why the law of dependent origination, or the law of causality and conditioning, keeps us bound to the Wheel of Samsara
Each link along the chain of dependent origination
How cycles within the 12 links in the law of dependent origination keep the wheel forever spinning
How Vipassana practice can help us cut into those cycles and break the chain of dependent origination

This dharma talk from October 29, 1985, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

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0:00.0	In every moment of noticing,
0:05.0	moment of being mindful, when there is no ignorance, when there is no delusion,
0:10.0	when we are seeing things actually as they are.
0:15.0	In that moment the mind is purified.
0:19.0	We are breaking this chain of dependent origination.
0:25.0	We are breaking the link of it. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour.
0:46.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:52.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:57.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
1:01.0	please go to Be Here now network.com slash Joseph. You may have noticed in the library, Tibetan painting of the wheel of life, the wheel of Samsara. The meaning of the word
1:29.8	Samsara is perpetual wandering.
1:39.4	In that painting, it depicts the cycles of existence of perpetual wandering through all the realms. We keep looking for a sense of completion or fulfillment, security, or happiness.
2:07.0	Not understanding not understanding the insubstantial nature,
2:19.2	the continually changing nature of this cycle of existence. But what we are is a process of
2:31.2	continual change arising and dissolving arising and vanishing.
2:37.0	In the human realm is said to be one of the happy realms of existence.
2:52.1	This wheel of some sara, this wheel of perpetual wandering,
2:57.4	unfolds through different realms,
3:00.0	some of great happiness, some of great
3:03.4	great suffering.
3:06.4	And what's said to be of most consequence,
3:10.7	or most of greatest importance in the cycle of Samsara,
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