Ep. 168 – The Five Spiritual Faculties

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein explores the different ways that we can strengthen and sharpen the five spiritual faculties that exercise a governing role in the mind when they are highly developed.

“So out of the continuity of attention, the defilements have less strength. Because of this, the mind becomes more peaceful. We get a taste of a genuine inner peace, a sense of calm, a sense of tranquility. From this taste of peace within us – not peace dependent on any external situation, but actually arising within our own hearts – because of this taste of peace, the spiritual faculty of confidence arises, strong faith arises, based on our own experience of it.” – Joseph Goldstein

In this episode, Joseph explores:

The five spiritual faculties – confidence, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom – and how they exercise a governing role in the mind when they are highly developed
The various ways in which we can strengthen and sharpen those spiritual faculties: the understanding that everything which arises passes away; respect for the practice and respect for ourselves; care and meticulousness in our awareness; perseverance and continuity of attention; the suitability of conditions for practice; the sign of samadhi; balancing the factors of enlightenment; and understanding what heroic effort really means

This dharma talk from November 16, 1986, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

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0:45.0	So out of the continent. the filements have less strength. Because of this the mind becomes more peaceful. We get a taste of a genuine inner peace.
0:50.0	Sense of calm, a sense of calm, tranquility, from this taste of peace within us, not peace dependent on any
1:01.2	external situation but actually arising within our own heart
1:05.0	because of this taste of peace, the spiritual faculty of confidence arises.
1:11.0	Strong faith arises based on our own experience of it. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
1:35.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:41.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
1:47.2	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
1:50.4	please go to be here now network.com slash Joseph. Among these mental factors there are five spiritual faculties which we've also talked about,
2:15.0	faculties of confidence, of faith, of effort, of mindfulness,
2:22.0	of concentration, and wisdom.
2:27.0	These five spiritual faculties play a very important role in the whole process of the spiritual journey.
2:37.0	In the Abidama or Buddhist psychology, they're called the controlling faculties or the governing faculties.
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