Uploaded January 2014 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago

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"It's not what's happening that's important. What's important is our relationship to what's happening" ~Joseph Goldstein

How mindfulness and meditative practice leads to skillful awareness, stability of mind and gradual freedom from addictive habits and patterns. This is an excerpt from a really excellent dhamma talk entitled "The Meditative Journey: Why Do We Practice?" that Joseph Goldstein gave on June 21, 2003 at the end of an extended Vipassana retreat at the Garrison Institute.

Full MP3 audio of talk: dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/talk/1420