Joseph Goldstein
1944-present • American
Buddhism
American vipassana teacher, co-founder of Insight Meditation Society. Known for clear, precise dharma teachings.
Key Works
- Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
- Insight Meditation
- Teachings
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Quotes by Joseph Goldstein
100 quotes“Faith is not blind belief. It is the trust earned through experience.”
faithOne Dharma
“True meditation is non-doing.”
meditationInsight Meditation
“Recognize what is wholesome. Cultivate it.”
cultivationMindfulness
“Recognize what is unwholesome. Release it.”
discriminationMindfulness
“The path is not somewhere else. It is here, now, in this breath.”
presenceMindfulness
“To investigate suffering is to begin to free yourself from it.”
investigationOne Dharma
“Be a friend to whatever arises.”
befriendingMindfulness
“There is great peace in not needing to be anything special.”
ordinarinessOne Dharma
“Each thought is a teacher.”
teachingMindfulness
“In awareness, there is space for everything.”
awarenessMindfulness
“Anger is workable. Notice it, befriend it, let it pass.”
angerMindfulness
“Practice is not perfect performance. Practice is sincere effort.”
practiceMindfulness
“Liberation is the deepest freedom — freedom from suffering, freedom in suffering.”
liberationOne Dharma
“To know your mind is to be free.”
freedomMindfulness
“Awareness illuminates without judging.”
awarenessMindfulness
“The deepest peace is found in present-moment awareness.”
peaceMindfulness
“Don't seek special experiences. Honor the experience that is here.”
presenceMindfulness
“Patience is the willingness to be with what is.”
patienceMindfulness
“All the great teachers point to the same simple truth: be aware.”
awarenessOne Dharma
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