Ep. 181 – The Way of the Tao

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Joseph Goldstein reflects on the meaning of emptiness on the spiritual path and examines ways in which we can work toward enlightenment.

This dharma talk was recorded on April 16, 1989, and was originally published on Dharma Seed.

In this talk, Joseph touches on:

The meaning of emptiness
The such-ness of things
The 10,000 joys, the 10,000 sorrows, and opening ourselves up to the whole range of experience
The Taoist dichotomy between non-action and inaction
Taking interest in the phenomenon of thoughts, emotions, experiences, and situations
Being simple and easy in our practice

“If we’re simple and easy in our practice, our lives become simple and easy. Can you be simple and easy in your practice, just with what is?” – Joseph Goldstein

About Joseph Goldstein:

Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and loving-kindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he is one of the organization’s guiding teachers. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students of insight meditation, he helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.

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0:33.0	If we're simple and easy, our lives become simple and easy.
0:38.0	Can you be simple and easy in your practice?
1:03.8	Just with what is. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour. This podcast is an expression of our shared interest
1:07.4	in self-discovery.
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1:27.0	There's a description in one of the texts of the Buddha sitting on the top of a mountain called
1:40.1	Vulture Peak which is outside the village of Rajgir in India.
1:47.0	And he was surrounded by an assembly of monks and nuns and laypeople.
1:56.0	Giving a discourse.
2:00.0	Buddha was sitting there.
2:01.0	Everything was very silent and still, and he held up a flower.
2:10.1	One of the great disciples, Mahakasappa smiled.
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