Joseph Goldstein explores the simplicity of lovingkindness (metta), reminding us that this innate quality within each person requires patience and steady practice to truly cultivate.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 42nd part of an in-depth 48-part lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

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In this week’s exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses:

• The cultivation of goodwill and lovingkindness as a foundation of mindfulness practice
• Beings who radiate a powerful field of love, like the Dalai Lama and Dipa Ma
• Offering unconditional love without expecting anything in return
• Metta as the gateway to an open and compassionate heart toward self and others
• Realizing that our emotional state is shaped by our own perceptions
• Understanding the confusion between genuine love and personal desire
• Pausing during practice to reconnect with the felt sense of lovingkindness
• Integrating metta into everyday life by extending kindness to strangers
• How societal conditioning influences our understanding and expression of love
• Reconnecting with our natural capacity for altruism and spontaneous kindness
• Focusing on the good in others as a powerful metta meditation
• Reflecting on whether we are still holding grudges deep in the heart
• The patience and resilience required to train the heart and mind over time

This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed

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“I can simply start doing metta for everyone that I pass, for everybody on the street. May everyone here be happy. May everyone here be peaceful. It's amazing the change that happens in a moment. Instead of walking down the street being disconnected, all of a sudden, our hearts and our minds have expanded and become inclusive. It's like we gather everyone up in our field of goodwill.” – Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein explores the Buddha’s teachings on renunciation from the Satipatthāna Sutta, showing how the practice of letting go of craving, ill will, and cruelty leads to deep inner freedom, clarity, and lasting peace.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 41st part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

In this lecture from Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein:

• Consciously reflecting on if our thoughts are for harm or for good
• How desire is more difficult to uproot than ill will and aversion
• The dangerous disguise of sense-desires as pleasurable and seductive
• How to practice the “wisdom of no”
• Renunciation as mental freedom, not repression
• How right thought conditions right action
• The Buddha’s own practice as a model for ourselves
• Accepting that desire is addictive because it momentarily feels good
• Renunciation as freedom from addiction, not deprivation
• How the joy of letting go must be experienced, not just believed
• The power of both small and large acts of renunciation
• The mental habit of our addiction to wanting
• How mindfulness reveals freedom in transition moments
• The progressive act of letting go

This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed

Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

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“Renunciation is not about deprivation. It’s about non-addiction. It’s about freedom.” - Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein explores the importance of Right View and how it illuminates our lives through an openness to wisdom from many unexpected sources.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 40th part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

This time on Insight Hour, Joseph discusses:

• Not being attached to blind belief or blind disbelief
• Realizing the truth through direct experience
• Remaining open to wisdom from unexpected sources
• The possibility of a full awakening and we can develop our wisdom over time
• Recognizing that there truly are many awakened beings in the world
• The aspects of Right View that may not be immediately apparent
• Considering what wisdom can discover when it illuminates our experience
• Promoting the good of living beings through right view
• How Right View is both the beginning and the ending
• Wrong view as the most blame-worthy of all things, according to the Buddha
• How Wrong View makes us obsess over the self (gratifying it, defending it, etc.)
• The great power of delusion in our minds
• Refining our awareness of the impermanent changing nature of the 5 aggregates (everything we experience)

This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed

Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

"We could see Right View as both the beginning and end of the path. We start with Right View—it sets the direction for us. Our practice is leading us in the right direction and then the whole path culminates in these understandings." – Joseph Goldstein

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