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| Born | (1944-05-20)May 20, 1944 (age 81) |
| Education | Columbia University |
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| Known for | Co-founder,Insight Meditation Society |
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Joseph Goldstein (born May 20, 1944) is one of the first Americanvipassana teachers,[1][2][3] co-founder of theInsight Meditation Society (IMS) withJack Kornfield andSharon Salzberg,[2][3][4][5] a contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism (seepublications below), a resident guiding teacher at IMS, and a leader of retreats worldwide on insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditation. An early promoter of insight practice and awareness, Goldstein is credited as an influence in the rise of mindfulness practices in the US since he started hosting workshops in 1974 (see Chronology section).[3][6][7]
While the majority of Goldstein's publications introduce Westerners to primarilyTheravada concepts, practices and values, his 2002 work,One Dharma, explored the creation of an integrated framework for the Theravada,Tibetan andZen traditions.[8]
Goldstein had original experiences of realisation concerning the word 'unborn' and an experience of zero and of no self.[6][11] He makes a 3-month meditation retreat most years.[11] He says the peace and happiness we experience has to do with the quality of our minds, not our possessions.[7] His book Mindfulness is based on theSatipatthana Sutta, aBuddhist text.[12] Goldstein has featured talks and sessions available on the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) website.
Since 1967, Goldstein has practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under well-known teachers from India, Burma and Tibet. His teachers include:Anagarika Sri Munindra,[7][13] SriS.N. Goenka,[13] Mrs. Nani Bala Barua (Dipa Ma),[14] the VenerableSayadaw U Pandita,[13]Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche,[13] andNyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche.[15]
Goldstein's personal and working relationship toJack Kornfield is often referenced in scholarship[2][3][5][7]. They are compared as parallels, both of them grew up on the east coast, earned Ivy league educations, went to the peace corps in southeast Asia in the 1965 and began to study Theravada Buddhism in the late 60s and early 70s - Goldstein in India, Kornfield in Thailand.[3][7] Their collaboration with making Vispanna intelligible and accessible through the IMS is viewed as an important propagator of Buddhism and mindfulness practice in the West[3].
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