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without the ads. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.

This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.

Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.

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dot com slash Joseph. So many aspects of the Buddhist teachings about the nature of suffering and the possibilities

of freedom resonate easily with our common sense

understanding of ourselves in the world. For example, the importance of non-harming is the basic moral principle of living together in community,

whether it's local communities or the global community.

The understanding that all things in our lives are changing inside and outside and that if we're attached or

grasp at that between its very nature changes then we suffer.

In some sense, this is very obvious if we're attached, just for the recording, I nodded my head at that.

If we're attached to summer, we suffer in the winter. If we're attached to summer, we're attached to summer, we suffer in the winter. If we're attached to what's

pleasant, then we suffer when things get unpleasant. So this is obvious. You know,

if we're attached to that which in its nature changes,

there's going to be difficulties.

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