Ep. 204 – The Direct Path to Liberation, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt.1

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kicking off a multi-part course on the teachings of the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph offers insight into how we can apply the wisdom of this ancient Buddhist discourse on mindfulness to our daily lives and practice.

This episode is the first part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

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In this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein delves into:

Meditation as the simplest way of looking at the mind and body
Vipassana’s roots in the Satipatthana Sutta
Breaking down the translation of Satipatthana
The four foundations or abidings in mindfulness
Focusing on the attitude of being aware
The variety of meanings for Dukkha
Craving as the cause of suffering
Strengthening the quality of ardency for our practice
How transience can spur feelings of passion and care
Reflecting on the weight of our actions
Wisdom and clear comprehension
Why our practice is not just for ourselves alone

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“The last reflection that helps establish us in ardent practice is realizing that the only things that can be said to truly belong to us are the actions that we perform and their subsequent fruits.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	The darma is this jewel of priceless value.
0:07.0	You know, and we really do understand it as being the source of every happiness and of the deepest kind of happiness. Oh, Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:39.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:45.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:51.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please go to be here now network
0:56.4	dot com slash Joseph. I first got interested in Buddhism when I was in the Peace Corps in Thailand.
1:11.8	This was in the mid-60s. This was in the mid-60s.
1:15.1	And I finished my time there.
1:18.0	I had started going to the Buddhist temples
1:20.2	and just had the first briefest taste of meditation.
1:25.0	Came back home, started to practice by myself,
1:29.0	and realized very quickly that I needed a teacher
1:33.4	because I was just getting very confused.
1:36.3	I was mixing up a lot of different things.
1:40.1	So I went back to Asia, thinking I would go back to Thailand, but on the way I stopped in India.
1:47.5	I had been given the names of various teachers and Ashrams. So I went on this little tour to these places.
1:57.0	I went up to the mountains, to the hill stations. This was in December. I didn't realize it would be winter up there.
2:08.0	So I was just going in my summer clothes and up in Dalhousie was freezing and the Tibetans had all gone south.
2:17.8	So I left there, I went to Sikh Ashram and wasn't quite right, came back to New Delhi, didn't know what to do. I was going to walk down to
2:29.4	the airline office and go back to Thailand.
2:33.5	As I was walking, it was just some force that stopped me.
2:37.9	It was quite an unusual experience.
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