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
2013
| Mar 27 – Apr 5 | Passover Retreat with Patricia Genoud-Feldman & Stephen Fulder Ein Dor, Israel Info: 054-5695931; tovana@tovana.org.il |
| May 1 – Jun 30 | Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge with Sky Dawson Barre, MA Info: 978-355-2063; fr@dharma.org |
| Jun 8 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Working with Thoughts and Emotions |
| Jul 19–28 | Vipassana Retreat with Kamala Masters, Annie Nugent and Greg Scharf Spirit Rock Meditation Center Woodacre, CA Info: 415-488-0164; srmc@spiritrock.org |
| Sep 7 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 10 – Dec 3 | Three-Month Retreat with Carol Wilson, Guy Armstrong, Andrea Fella, Winnie Nazarko, Bante Buddharakkhita, Rebecca Bradshaw, Annie Nugent, Greg Scharf, Spring Washam & Dhammaruwan 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
