Insight Hour With Joseph Goldstein

Focusing on awareness of the breath, Joseph Goldstein explores what the Buddha said about continuous attention.The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the thirty-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 elucidates:The Buddha’s instructions for concentrationNot judging ourselves or our practiceWhy morality is the basis of concentrationGood and bad memories that arise during practiceSimple awareness of our inward and outward breathLearning the patterns and tendencies of the mindThe natural arising of concentration out of tranquility of mindLessons from Upasika Kee Nanayon, a renowned Thai Buddhist teacher and l