Joseph Goldstein

“Memory is a class of thoughts which takes as its object something already experienced.”

— Joseph Goldstein

“Unless a practice cools the fires of greed, aversion, and ignorance it is worthless.”

— Joseph Goldstein

“At first, as we undertake the cultivation of compassion, we may feel genuine empathy with others in pain or difficulty. This happens…

— Joseph Goldstein

“We establish some stability and focus in our mind and see which elements in it lead to greater peace, which to greater…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind. 'Seeking the…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Is enlightenment gradual or is it sudden? Whole schools of Buddhism have grown up around this issue. But it has always seemed…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the…

— Joseph Goldstein

“together and disappear when the conditions change. None of them”

— Joseph Goldstein

“We often mistakenly assume that because someone has genuine understanding in one particular area, this mastery necessarily extends to all other areas…

— Joseph Goldstein

“I have no parents I make the heavens and earth my parents I have no home I make awareness my home I…

— Joseph Goldstein

“We all know people who become strongly identified with, and attached to, their intelligence. It can become a big ego trap, harmful…

— Joseph Goldstein

“In India, I was living in a little hut, about six feet by seven feet. It had a canvas flap instead of…

— Joseph Goldstein

“The commitment to morality, or non-harming, is a source of tremendous strength, because it helps free the mind from the remorse of…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Having been through both of those other stages, our mind matures to a place where it is no longer moved: it does…

— Joseph Goldstein

“In the second training, we develop energy, concentration, and mindfulness. These are the meditative and life tools that enable us to awaken.…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Generosity, love, compassion, or devotion do not depend on a high IQ.”

— Joseph Goldstein

“Imagine holding on to a hot burning coal. You would not fear letting go of it. In fact, once you noticed that…

— Joseph Goldstein

“In meditation practice, we build the energy of awareness until it grows powerful enough to see entirely different levels of reality.”

— Joseph Goldstein

“Because these moods and mind states are so amorphous and generalized, we often sink into them and become identified with them, and…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Just as the light of a single candle can dispel the darkness of a thousand years, the moment we light a single…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Wisdom is the clear seeing of the impermanent, conditioned nature of all phenomena, knowing that whatever arises has the nature to cease.…

— Joseph Goldstein

“The Pali word parami refers to ten wholesome qualities in our minds and the accumulated power they bring to us: generosity, morality,…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier as we move past our avoidance and denial to see what is true.”

— Joseph Goldstein

“On the deepest level, problems such as war and starvation are not solved by economics and politics alone. Their source is prejudice…

— Joseph Goldstein

“If we try to practice meditation without the foundation of goodwill to ourselves and others, it is like trying to row across…

— Joseph Goldstein