Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein (* 1944 ) is an American teacher of Vipassana - meditation in the tradition of the early Buddhist Theravada .
Life
After graduating in philosophy at Columbia University he became involved in 1965 in the Peace Corps of the United States of America as a volunteer for Thailand , where he decides to follow Buddhism became interested.
Since 1967 he studied with various teachers in India , Burma and Tibet such as SN Goenka , the Dalai Lama and the 16th Karmapa , Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche , Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche , but also Joshu Sasaki Roshi and others. a.
In 1974 he began teaching courses at the Naropa Institute of Chögyam Trungpa in Boulder , where he met Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg , with whom he founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts in 1975 and subsequently expanded it.
Fonts
- Vipassana Meditation - The development of the clarity of consciousness. Schickler, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-921547-03-2 . UdT Vipassana Meditation - The Practice of Freedom Arbor, Freiamt 1999, ISBN 978-3-924195-46-5 .
- with Jack Kornfield : Insight through Meditation. Mindfulness of the Heart - Buddhist Insight Meditation for Western People. A meditation manual for everyday practice. With a foreword by the Dalai Lama. Scherz, Bern 1981, ISBN 3-502-62201-9 .
- A dharma. Buddhism in everyday life. Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-442-21657-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Goldstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- You can't escape the world. interview
- Vipassana meditation. The development of the clarity of consciousness.
- Insight Meditation Society website
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| SURNAME | Goldstein, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American teacher of Vipassana meditation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |