Ep. 260 – The Union of Relative and Ultimate Truth
4/9/202640 min
Continuing his exploration of selflessness, Joseph Goldstein helps listeners live in the balance of both relative and ultimate truth.
This episode is a continuation of a talk that started in episode 259, "Selflessness, Dukkha, and Freedom."
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This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses:
The impersonal nature of experiencing peaceSeeing with consciousness rather than with the subjective mindReframing the language of experience with a passive voiceBeing f...
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[gentle music] This flow of changes at a particular stage in life may be predominantly unpleasant experiences. There's no guarantee that the, the body is gonna go out in an easeful way, but the mind can be at ease if we understand,