Joseph Goldstein shares how unremitting mindfulness and continuous investigation of our mental states will lead us to liberation.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the twenty-eighth 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 pursues these topics:

Establishing unremitting mindfulness
Investigating and examining our mental states
How truth discerning wisdom liberates the mind
The three universal characteristics of experience
Cultivating wisdom through investigation of the dhamma
Looking at the motivation behind our actions of body, speech, or mind
The two kinds of happiness according to the Buddha
Investigating ourselves when we are in a storm of emotions
How clear recognition can be enough to help us let go
Discerning the difference between the knowing and the object
How a single moment of truth-discerning wisdom can change us

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

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“By understanding that it is wisdom that illuminates what is true, and that we cultivate wisdom through investigation of the dhamma, we can begin to appreciate the very broad range of skillful means and methods that are in different Buddhist traditions for accomplishing this inquiry.“– Joseph Goldstein

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Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein