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Organization founded
  
Insight Meditation Society

Books
  
One Dharma, The experience of insight, Insight Meditation

Similar
  
Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Jon Kabat‑Zinn, Mark Epstein

Joseph Goldstein (born 1944) is one of the first American vipassana teachers, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism (see publications below), resident guiding teacher at IMS, and leader of retreats worldwide on insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditation.

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While the majority of Goldstein's publications introduce Westerners to primarily Theravada concepts, practices and values, his 2002 work, One Dharma, explored the creation of an integrated framework for the Theravada, Tibetan and Zen traditions.

Chronology

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  • 1944: Born; grew up in the Catskill Mountains of New York
  • 1965: Graduated from Columbia University as a philosophy major
  • 1965: Entered the Peace Corps in Thailand, where he first became interested in Buddhism. After the Peace Corps, he spent most of the next seven years in India studying and practicing Buddhist meditation
  • 1974: He began teaching at Chogyam Trungpa's Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He has been leading vipassana and metta retreats worldwide since 1974.
  • 1975: Co-founded the IMS in Barre, Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg.
  • 1991: Helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
  • 1998: Co-founded the IMS Forest Refuge for long-term personal retreats.


    • Teachers

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    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, Sri S.N. Goenka, Mrs. Nani Bala Barua (Dipa Ma), and the Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche,

    Publications (partial list, in chronological order)

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  • The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation (1976)
  • Goldstein, Joseph; Kornfield, Jack. Seeking the heart of wisdom: the path of insight meditation. Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-57062-805-4. 
  • Goldstein, Joseph. Insight meditation: the practice of freedom. Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-57062-025-6. 
  • Goldstein, Joseph; Kornfield, Jack. The Path of Insight Meditation. Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-57062-069-0. 
  • Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditate (2002), with Sharon Salzberg
  • One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism (2002)
  • A Heart Full of Peace (2007)
  • Goldstein, Joseph. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening. Sounds True. ISBN 978-1-62203-063-7. 

    • Joseph Goldstein (writer) Amazoncom Insight Meditation The Practice of Freedom

    References

    Joseph Goldstein (writer) Wikipedia
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