Ep. 234 – Happiness and the Mirror Within, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 31

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Distinguishing merit that leads to mundane happiness from merit aimed at liberation, Joseph Goldstein describes sources of dharmic joy.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the thirty-first 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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Continuing his lessons on the Satipatthana Sutta, Joseph discusses:

Making a heart connection with the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Reflecting on our commitment to non-harming
Contemplating what it feels like to give and receive generosity
Celestial happiness and beings in higher realms of existence
Merit aimed at mundane happiness vs. merit aimed at liberation
The karmic results to our volitional actions
Cultivating faith, generosity, and wisdom for a source of dharma joy
Reflecting on peace and freedom from the defilements
Tasting momentary freedom and knowing what peace of mind means

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Aș we cultivate faith, sila, generosity, and wisdom, the merit of those wholesome actions in the mind cannot be measured. Just reflecting on this becomes a tremendous source of dharma joy, of rapture in the mind.” – Joseph Goldstein

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1:06.3	As we cultivate faith or confidence,
1:13.6	CELA, generosity, and wisdom. The merit of those wholesome actions in the mind cannot be measured.
1:20.6	And so just reflecting on this becomes a tremendous source of Dharma joy, of rapture in the mind.
1:43.3	Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
1:47.6	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:53.6	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
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2:11.0	Last week we discussed in some detail the nature and experience of Pitti or rapture,
2:20.0	which is the fourth of the factors of awakening.
2:25.3	P.T. is usually translated as rapture, as joy, as happiness,
2:33.8	as rapt interest or pleasurable interest or delight.
2:39.3	So it has all of that emotional affect or tone in the mind.
2:46.3	As a reminder of how PT comes about,
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