Three Strategies for Getting Over Yourself | Joseph Goldstein

About this episode

<p dir="ltr">Every year, Joseph Goldstein does a three month silent meditation retreat by himself at his home in Massachusetts. In this conversation you're about to hear, Joseph had just emerged from one such retreat with a bunch of thoughts on what are called the three proliferating tendencies or three papañca to use the ancient Pali term. </p> <p dir="ltr">These are three ways in which we perpetuate an unhealthy sense of self. Joseph has explained that you can think about the process of going deeper in meditation as a process of lightening up or getting less self-centered. You're about to get a masterclass in doing just that. </p> <p dir="ltr">For the uninitiated, Joseph is one of the co-founders of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. His co-founders are two other meditation titans, Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield. Joseph has been a teacher at IMS since it was founded in the seventies and he continues to be the resident guiding teacher there. </p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The framework for understanding the three proliferating tendencies; the basic building blocks of our experience in the world</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Six things that make up what the Buddha called "the all" </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">What non-self means and why it's essential to the Buddhist teaching of liberation</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The two levels of truth: conventional and ultimate</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why language is so important in conditioning how we experience things </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How the three proliferating tendencies provide a very practical guide to understanding how we manufacture our own suffering</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Join Dan's online community <a href= "http://www.danharris.com/">here</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Follow Dan on social: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FOA84J">TikTok</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Subscribe to our <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FybRzD">YouTube Channel</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Get ready for another Meditation Party at Omega Institute! This in-person workshop brings together Dan with his friends and meditation teachers, Sebene Selassie, Jeff Warren, and for the first time, Ofosu Jones-Quartey. The event runs October 24th-26th. Sign up and learn more <a href= "http://eomega.org/workshops/meditation-party-2025">here</a>!</p> <p dir="ltr">Tickets are now on sale for a special live taping of the 10% Happier Podcast with guest Pete Holmes! Join us on November 18th in NYC for this benefit show, with all proceeds supporting the New York Insight Meditation Center. Grab your tickets <a href= "https://www.nyimc.org/event/great-cosmic-joke/">here</a>! </p> <p dir="ltr">To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit <a href= "https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris">https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Thank you to our sponsor:<br /> <strong>Airbnb</strong>: Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much at <a href= "http://airbnb.com/host">airbnb.com/host</a>.</p> <p> </p>