Ep. 215 – Mindfulness of Our Emotions, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 12

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

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🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Describing the hidden danger in seeking happiness through sense pleasure, Joseph Goldstein outlines worldy versus unworldly feelings.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

Don’t forget to grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

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In this episode of Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein mindfully explains:

The feelings that arise during renunciation
Non-addictedness versus deprivation
The hidden dangers in happiness from worldly feelings
The unreliability of pleasant emotions
Beneficial pleasures versus un-beneficial pleasures
Worldy and unworldly neutral feelings
Genorosity as easy access to an unworldly pleasant feeling
Non-sensual joy when we practice compassion and metta
Exploring feelings as they become predominant
Noticing our conditioned responses to our emotions
Utilizing mindfulness to rest in simple awareness

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“There’s a hidden danger in this addiction to sense pleasure, of relying for pleasant worldly feelings for our happiness to the degree that we become very attached to them and then suffer when they change, as we know they do. The impermanence of them becomes a source of unreliability.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	That's why the Buddha in his progressive teachings often would begin with teachings on generosity.
0:10.0	Bix was a way for people to become familiar with this kind of
0:15.3	pleasure, this kind of happiness, not rooted in sense desire. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour.
0:40.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:46.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:52.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please go to be
0:56.2	here now network.com slash Joseph. for those of you who arrived recently.
1:05.0	I'm continuing a series of talks on the Satipatana suta, that is the suta, the discourse on the
1:16.8	foundations of feelings.
1:29.7	I'm exploring the first line of the Buddha's instructions,
1:34.4	when feeling a pleasant feeling, one knows.
1:37.3	I'm feeling a pleasant feeling.
1:40.0	When feeling an unpleasant feeling,
1:41.8	one knows I'm feeling an unpleasant feeling, one knows I'm feeling an unpleasant feeling.
1:44.6	When feeling a neutral feeling, one knows, I'm feeling a neutral feeling.
1:49.7	Tonight we'll look at the next lines of the discourse where the Buddha further
1:59.6	delineates these three types of feelings in a rather unexpected way and in a way which opens us to a deeper
2:10.6	understanding of suffering and of happiness in our lives.
2:18.8	The Buddha goes on to distinguish these pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feelings into worldly ones and
2:30.3	unworldly ones.
2:39.9	So in this, the mindfulness of feeling goes deeper than simply recognizing its affect.
2:46.4	That is noticing whether a feeling is pleasant and soothing,
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