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🗓️ 23 January 2025
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Priming the pump of mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein explains rapture, the joyous fourth factor of awakening.
The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the thirtieth 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!
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“The energy that arises from continual mindfulness and investigation leads to rapture. We could call it a dharma joy or a dharma happiness. This happiness inspires us to investigate further and as we investigate further the mindfulness and the energy gets stronger and there’s more rapture. It’s just a wonderful spiral leading towards awakening, leading towards liberation.” – Joseph Goldstein
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0:00.0 | We have to bring in an investigative wisdom into play, understanding that all of these delightful |
0:11.0 | states, and they're very delightful and very joyous, are impermanent and they don't belong to anyone. |
0:19.0 | They are all conditioned. They are all conditioned. |
0:23.6 | They're all conditioned by various causes. |
0:26.6 | And each one is simply arising and expressing its own nature. |
0:32.6 | ... Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour. |
0:51.4 | This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery. Join Joseph as he |
0:58.7 | shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness. If you are interested in supporting this |
1:05.0 | podcast, please go to beherenownetwork.com slash Joseph. |
1:14.8 | Over the last weeks, we've been discussing the fourth foundation of mindfulness, |
1:20.7 | and in particular the factors of awakening, |
1:25.0 | and how each one, beginning with mindfulness mindfulness leads on to the next. So we talked |
1:33.8 | about continuous mindfulness leading to wisdom through the development of investigation |
1:43.1 | and inquiry, |
1:46.2 | which is the second enlightenment factor. |
1:50.0 | And then as the Buddha goes on to describe, |
1:55.9 | in one who investigates and inquires with wisdom, |
2:00.3 | in one who investigates and examines with wisdom and embarks upon a full inquiry, |
2:03.9 | tireless energy is aroused. |
2:07.5 | And in one who has aroused tireless energy, |
2:10.9 | piti or rapture is aroused, |
2:13.6 | and by developing it, it comes to fulfillment. |
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