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One of the most radical, far-reaching, and challenging statements of the Buddha is his statement that as long as there is attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant, liberation is impossible.

By Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein is an American teacher of Buddhist insight meditation (vipassana) and lovingkindness meditation (metta). He and fellow teacher Sharon Salzberg cofounded the Insight Meditation Society. He studied Buddhist meditation with teachers in India, Burma, and Tibet and is the author of several books.

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