Ep. 92 – A Balance of Faith and Wisdom
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Be Here Now Network
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Joseph Goldstein dives deep into the heart of faith, exploring how it connects us and why it needs to be balanced by wisdom.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour. |
| 0:18.0 | This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery. |
| 0:24.0 | Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness. |
| 0:30.0 | If you are interested in supporting this podcast, |
| 0:33.2 | please go to be here now network.com |
| 0:36.4 | slash Joseph. The Buddha's first teaching after his enlightenment is called setting the wheel of the darma in motion, |
| 0:55.0 | turning the wheel of the darma. |
| 0:59.7 | And we know that this wheel of darma |
| 1:01.4 | has rolled across India, across Asia, somehow it's across the |
| 1:05.8 | oceans and it's rolled right into the forest refuge. This wheel of darma means something quite specific here. |
| 1:16.8 | It means the teachings on the five spiritual faculties. |
| 1:23.1 | When the Buddhist set the wheel of the darma in motion, |
| 1:26.8 | he taught us how to develop, |
| 1:28.6 | how to understand, how to strengthen |
| 1:31.2 | these five spiritual powers within us. |
| 1:36.0 | So the first of them is called in Palisata. |
| 1:40.9 | And it's usually translated as faith, as confidence, as devotion. |
| 1:49.0 | It literally means to place one's heart upon something. |
| 1:57.0 | What's so important about this spiritual power or faculty |
| 2:02.0 | and what makes it the foundation for all of the others is that it engages and |
| 2:10.3 | ignites our energy on this path of freedom, this path of awakening. |
| 2:15.0 | It's that faith that we have, that confidence that we have, |
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