Ep. 174 – Liberation Teachings for Daily Life

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein discusses the challenges of practicing liberation, awakening, and enlightenment in the context of a lay person’s life.

“The Buddha said, ‘I have shown you the path to liberation. Now, liberation depends on you.’ This is really true. If you don’t take your life into your own hands, not even the Buddhas can make a difference. It’s up to you.” – Joseph Goldstein

In this talk, Joseph Goldstein offers insights into:

Finding a balance between monastic renunciation and worldly pleasures
Impermanence and the inherent instability of existence
The Four Noble Truths as they relate to the concept of Duḥkha
The understanding of selflessness
Taking your path into your own hands

This dharma talk from May 12, 2023, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed.

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0:38.3	The Buddha said I have shown you the path to liberation now liberation depends on you this is really true if you don't take your life into your own hands, not even the
0:47.7	Buddhas can make a difference. It's up to you. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
1:09.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:15.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
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1:26.8	dot com slash Joseph. Good evening to you all and to everyone online.
1:48.4	A couple of weeks ago,
1:51.0	someone was asking me about my practice and what I was now finding most compelling in it.
1:59.0	Of course over the years this has changed, you know, at different times different aspects of the teachings
2:08.1	would seem very compelling. But in the last couple of years there was one thing in particular that has really grabbed my interest a lot.
2:20.0	And that is the challenge of practicing for liberation in the context of a lay life.
2:32.0	It's challenging because practicing for liberation is like swimming upstream because it goes against so much of our conventional understanding of reality and of the
2:49.5	way things are. And what makes it a compelling question for me is that so much of the Buddhist
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