Ep. 209 – Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 6- The Art Of Letting Go

Exploring the meaning of non-clinging, Joseph Goldstein outlines the three types of cravings explained by the Buddha. This episode is the fifth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. If you are just jumping into the series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience: https://youtu.be/RfuH9O7DS4o In this episode of the Satipatthana Sutta series, Joseph Goldstein discusses: - How craving can consume our entire being - The thirst for sense pleasures and how they keep us dependent - How society feeds and fosters our sense of desire and craving - Clinging to and longing for certain mind-states - The primal thirst for continued existence - How expectation takes out of the present moment - Abiding in empty, open awareness - The craving for non-existence during painful times - Dependence through view and the felt sense of "I" - How to accomplish the deconstruction of self “When in the seen just the seen, in the heard just the heard, in the sense just the sensed, in the cognized just the cognized, then you will not be influenced by what arises, not carried away by craving.” – Joseph Goldstein This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed