Ep. 165 – The Relationship of Practice and World Peace
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Be Here Now Network
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Joseph Goldstein explores the relationship of our meditation practice to the establishment of world peace by helping us understand the tendencies of the mind obstructing that peace.
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“There is a very powerful effect; it’s not just for ourselves that we practice, it is for ourselves and it is for everyone else, as well. Because as we free our minds from craving and wrong view and conceit, when we reduce this tendency, this attitude of mind to expand and grab and take and exploit, when we can purify our own minds of these tendencies, we establish peace in ourselves, and it becomes a force of peace in the world.” – Joseph Goldstein
In this episode, Joseph explores:
- The relationship of our meditation practice to the establishment of world peace
- How we can better understand the three tendencies of the mind that are the root causes of the conditions that obstruct peace: craving, wrong view, and conceit
- How the practice of mindfulness can help us uproot those three tendencies of the mind by deepening our insight into impermanence, suffering, and the selflessness of phenomena
This dharma talk from October 18, 1985, was originally published on Dharma Seed.
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| 0:30.7 | There is a very powerful effect. |
| 0:35.0 | You know, it's not just for ourselves that we practice. |
| 0:39.4 | It is for ourselves and it is for everyone else as well. |
| 0:44.0 | Because as we free our minds from craving and wrong view and concede, |
| 0:50.0 | when we reduce this tendency, this attitude of mind to expand and grab and take and exploit, |
| 0:57.0 | and we can purify our own minds of these tendencies, we establish peace in ourselves and it becomes |
| 1:09.0 | a force of peace in the world. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour. |
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| 2:11.3 | Tonight I'd like to talk about the relationship of our meditation practice to the establishment of peace in the world. |
| 2:15.0 | It says a very direct connection between the two. And we look about the situation in the world today. |
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