But as long as we are caught up or identified or entangled in the view of self, then we spend our lives

defending it, gratifying it, aggrandizing it, judging it.

We have all these responses that come out of this felt sense of an eye, of itself.

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I think on an evening like this, Joseph Goldstein doesn't really need an introduction,

but still it feels appropriate to say that Joseph has been practicing Buddhist

meditation since the 1960s and teaching

meditation retreats, mindfulness, loving kindness retreats, site retreats since the mid-1970s

in many places around the world. And speaking for myself and also, I think, many others.

What I really deeply appreciate about your teaching, Joseph,

is the clarity of both your response to questions of doctrine

and how you formulate questions of doctrine,

but also the clarity of the meditation instructions that you give. And that clarity

and the humility with which you offer it and your sense of humor has been a Dharma game,

an entry into the Dharma for so many people. And that has meant so much for me and to so many others.

I should say that Joseph is also the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society,

which is right next door to us in Barry,

and also a co-founder and longtime board member of the Barry Center for Food Studies.

So thank you so much for joining us tonight, Joseph.

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