Insight Hour With Joseph Goldstein

Outlining the crucial importance of the Buddha’s seven awakening factors, Joseph explains the promise of our practice.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-fourth 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 week on Insight Hour, Joseph provides wisdom on:The seven treasures, or factors of awakening, of the BuddhaHow the factors of awakening act as anti-hindrancesMindfulness, wisdom, energy, rapture, calm, concentration, and equanimityThe promise and purpose of our practicePriming the pump of the enlightened mindA deeper dive into the first factor of awakening: mindfulnessCalling to mind what is skillful and what is notBare attention and cl