Ep. 173 – Understanding Karma & Samsara

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein explores how karma and Samsara shape our lives and shares wisdom on integrating Dharma practice into our lives.

Today's dharma talk from May 16, 2023, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed

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In this talk, Joesph shares his wisdom on:

Applying Buddhist practice and wisdom to our daily lives
Better understanding the interworkings of the mind and how our lives unfold
How Karma and Samsara feed into one another
The importance that our motivations play in Karma and Samsara

“The challenge in our practice is integrating this understanding of karma with our growing insight into emptiness, selflessness, and the selfless insubstantial nature of phenomena. Can we hold both?” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:33.0	if one speaks or acts with an unwholesome mind, suffering follows.
0:38.0	Mind is the forerunner of all actions.
0:41.0	All deeds are led by mind, created by mind. If one speaks or acts with a wholesome mind,
0:49.5	happiness flows as surely as one's shadow. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour. This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:17.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
1:23.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
1:26.0	please go to be here now network.com slash Joseph. Tonight I'd like to continue the discussion of applying how we can apply the depths of
1:49.9	the Buddhist teaching in our daily lives because that really is the challenge.
1:56.6	You know we come here in practice and we have certain levels of insight and understanding.
2:08.6	And the challenge is how can we really bring that forward into the busyness of our lives.
2:31.0	So the possibility of happiness both individually and collectively rests on one basic understanding and that is that the unfolding of our lives begins in the mind. And the Buddha expressed this very clearly in the first opening verses of the
2:39.3	Damapata, which most of you probably are aware is collection of verses of teachings of the
2:46.2	Buddha very famous collection. So the very opening stanzas or mind is the forerunner of all action. All deeds are led by mind,
3:01.2	created by mind. If one speaks or acts with an unwholesome mind, suffering follows as the
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