Joseph Goldstein
Biography
Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he is one of the organization's guiding teachers. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students of insight meditation, he helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
Joseph first became interested in Buddhism as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand in 1965. Since 1967 he has studied and practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma and Tibet. He is the author of A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, The Experience of Insight, and co-author of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom and Insight Meditation: A Correspondence Course.
Teaching schedule
2012
| Apr 1 – May 31 | Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge with Sky Dawson (April) & Kamala Masters (May) Barre, MA Info: 978-355-2063, fr@dharma.org |
| Jun 9 11:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Right Understanding Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Cambridge, MA Info: 617-441-9038, office@cambridgeinsight.org |
| Jun 13–19 | People of Color Retreat with Gina Sharpe, Bhante Buddharakkhita & Bonnie Duran Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center Barre, MA Info: 978-355-4378, rc@dharma.org |
| Jul 13–22 | Vipassana Retreat with Steve Armstrong, Kamala Masters & Anushka Fernandopulle Spirit Rock Meditation Center Woodacre, CA Info: 415-488-0164; srmc@spiritrock.org |
| Aug 4–19 | Vipassana Retreat with Carol Wilson & Fred von Allmen Meditation Center Beatenberg CH-3802 Waldegg-Beatenberg, Switzerland Info: info@karuna.ch |
| Sep 1 8:30 am – 4:30 pm |
Topic: To Be Announced Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Barre, MA Info: 978-355-2347, bcbs@dharma.org |
| Sep 8 – Dec 1 | Three-Month Retreat with, Carol Wilson, Guy Armstrong, Sally Armstrong, Rebecca Bradshaw, Annie Nugent, Greg Scharf, Pascal Auclair & Winnie Nazarko Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center Barre, MA Info: 978-355-4378, rc@dharma.org |
Selected interviews
Audio: (via Sounds True)
Audio: (via Buddhist Geeks)
The Benefits of Long Term Practice
Text:
The Inner Investigation from "30 Years - Best of Buddhism" in Shambhala Sun, Dec 2009 / Jan 2010
Here, Now, Aware: The Power of Mindfulness, Shambhala Sun, Nov 2007
The Practice of Impermanence, Inquiring Mind, Fall 2000
