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Joseph Goldstein



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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One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism

We are living in remarkable times. A genuine Western Buddhism is now taking birth, writes Joseph Goldstein, one of America's most respected Buddhist teachers.

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Joseph Goldstein
2003
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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

The simple, although not always easy, practices of vipassana are all rooted in one important discourse of the Buddha: the Satipatthana Sutta. Satipatthana is often translated as “foundation of mindfulness,” but another, and perhaps more helpful, translation is “way of establishing mindfulness.

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Joseph Goldstein
2020
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Facing the Heat: Joseph Goldstein on Addressing the Climate Crisis Step by Step

When I was invited to write a short essay on the climate crisis, my first thought was that I didn’t have much to contribute on the subject of global warming.

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Joseph Goldstein
2009
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe greatest communication is usually how we are rather than what we say.

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What Makes Us Free?

Insight. Loving-kindness. Cultivating what’s wholesome. And making them real in our lives every day. These are what make us free, say Insight Meditation teachers Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.

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Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
2013
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Heyrman-Hart - Lecture by Joseph Goldstein

From the comments of a second grader, who just finished a mindfulness program in school - Mindfulness is the best thing that ever happened in my life - to the Buddha's declaration that mindfulness is the direct path to awakening, we are seeing a renaissance of interest in mindfulness as a path of...

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Joseph Goldstein
2015
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2014 11 19 Joseph Goldstein - "Mindfulness: What It Is and Is Not"

CFM Guest Lecture Series - November 19, 2014 at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Shrewsbury, MA

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Joseph Goldstein
2014
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf we try to practice meditation without the foundation of goodwill to ourselves and others, it is like trying to row across a river without first untying the boat; our efforts, no matter how strenuous, will not bear fruit.

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Metta Hour Episode 47 - Living in the Dharma - IMS Benefit with Joseph Goldstein

Sharon and Joseph show us how to find love and awareness through meditative practice. They take questions from their live audience about applying that practice, reincarnation, and intention. Lessons on how to use the lessons of the Buddha to find a sustainable quality of happiness within.

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Joseph Goldstein
2017
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Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Find your voice, speak your truth, listen deeply—a guide to having more meaningful and mindful conversations through nonviolent communication.

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Oren Jay Sofer, Joseph Goldstein (foreword)
2018
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