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Joseph Goldstein

Geburtstag: 1944

Joseph Goldstein ist ein US-amerikanischer Lehrer der Vipassana-Meditation in der Tradition des frühbuddhistischen Theravada.

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Joseph Goldstein1
US-amerikanischer Lehrer der Vipassana-Meditation 1944
„Du kannst die Wellen nicht anhalten, aber Du kannst lernen, auf ihnen zu reiten.“Einsicht durch Meditation. Die Achtsamkeit des Herzens - Buddhistische Einsichts-Meditation für westliche Menschen. Scherz: Bern 1989, ISBN 3-502-62201-9. Übersetzer: Theo Kierdorf
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„In India, I was living in a little hut, about six feet by seven feet. It had a canvas flap instead of a door. I was sitting on my bed meditating, and a cat wandered in and plopped down on my lap. I took the cat and tossed it out the door. Ten seconds later it was back on my lap. We got into a sort of dance, this cat and I... I tossed it out because I was trying to meditate, to get enlightened. But the cat kept returning. I was getting more and more irritated, more and more annoyed with the persistence of the cat. Finally, after about a half-hour of this coming in and tossing out, I had to surrender. There was nothing else to do. There was no way to block off the door. I sat there, the cat came back in, and it got on my lap. But I did not do anything. I just let go. Thirty seconds later the cat got up and walked out. So, you see, our teachers come in many forms.“
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„The commitment to morality, or non-harming, is a source of tremendous strength, because it helps free the mind from the remorse of having done unwholesome actions. Freedom from remorse leads to happiness. Happiness leads to concentration. Concentration brings wisdom. And wisdom is the source of peace and freedom in our lives.“A Heart Full of Peace
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind.

'Seeking the Heart of Wisdom“
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„On the deepest level, problems such as war and starvation are not solved by economics and politics alone. Their source is prejudice and fear in the human heart — and their solution also lies in the human heart.“The Path of Insight Meditation
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„The wonderful paradox about the truth of suffering is that the more we open to it and understand it, the lighter and freer our mind becomes. Our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier as we move past our avoidance and denial to see what is true. We become less driven by compulsive desires and addictions, because we see clearly the nature of things as they are.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Imagine holding on to a hot burning coal. You would not fear letting go of it. In fact, once you noticed that you were holding on, you would probably drop it quickly. But we often do not recognize how we hold on to suffering. It seems to hold on to us. This is our practice: becoming aware of how suffering arises in our mind and of how we become identified with it, and learning to let it go. We learn through simple and direct observation, seeing the process over and over again until we understand.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Hatred never ceases by hatred; it only ceases by love.“Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Generosity, love, compassion, or devotion do not depend on a high IQ.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„The tremendous danger is that this belief - that genuine happiness comes only from pleasant feelings - becomes a strong motivation to stay closed to anything unpleasant. But by staying closed to all unpleasantness, we also stay closed to our own wellspring of compassion.“A Heart Full of Peace
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Just as the light of a single candle can dispel the darkness of a thousand years, the moment we light a single candle of wisdom, no matter how long or deep our confusion, ignorance is dispelled.“
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„In Buddhist psychology “conceit” has a special meaning: that activity of the mind that compares itself with others. When we think about ourselves as better than, equal to, or worse than someone else, we are giving expression to conceit. This comparing mind is called conceit because all forms of it—whether it is “I’m better than” or “I’m worse than,” or “I’m just the same as”—come from the hallucination that there is a self; they all refer back to a feeling of self, of “I am.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„Mindfulness, the Root of Happiness“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„We often mistakenly assume that because someone has genuine understanding in one particular area, this mastery necessarily extends to all other areas of life. That may or may not be true.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein98
American vipassana teacher 1944
„I have no parents I make the heavens and earth my parents I have no home I make awareness my home I have no life or death I make the tides of breathing my life and death I have no divine power I make honesty my divine power I have no friends I make my mind my friend I have no enemy I make carelessness my enemy I have no armor I make benevolence my armor I have no castle I make immovable-mind my castle I have no sword I make absence of self my sword.“Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom

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