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Podcast: Be Here Now Network
Episode: Joseph Goldstein's Insight Hour Podcast Ep. 259 – Selflessness, Dukkha, and Freedom
Description: Unpacking the Buddha’s notions of self and nonself, transience and suffering, Joseph Goldstein leads listeners into the heart of liberation.
This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein illuminates:
- Why the Buddha paid so much attention to the concept of self
- How a felt sense of self traps us in desire and attachment
- Seeing the term ‘self’ as a designation rather than something that exists in and of itself
- Slight adjustments to our language during practice: ‘the body breathes’ rather than ‘my breath’
- Using the template of The Five Aggregates to describe experience
- Genuine experiences of...