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Joseph Goldstein has been a meditation teacher for over forty years, and is one of the most respected meditation teachers in the Western world. In this episode of the Making Sense Podcast, Joseph talks about how he got into meditation, and how it led him to travel the world teaching meditation to other Westerners. He also talks about his first experience with meditation, how he became interested in Buddhism, and why meditation is so important to him. He also shares some of his favorite memories of his time in the Peace Corps in the 60s and 70s, and talks about what it was like to be a student of Buddhism in the early days of that service. And, of course, he talks about why he thinks meditation is a vital part of being a good human being, even when you don t have a formal training in it. We don t run ads on the podcast, and therefore, therefore, are made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers. So if you enjoy what we re doing here, please consider becoming a supporter of what we're doing here. Please consider becoming one of our sponsors, so that you can get access to the full-length episodes of the podcast you ve been asking for. Sam Harris and I can all be part of the making sense community. Thanks to our sponsorships, we re making sense of the world. -Sam Harris and the podcast is made possible by the support we re getting, not only by our listeners, but by you, the listeners. . Thanks for listening to the podcast and making sense, and for supporting the podcast by becoming a member of the community, and becoming a patron, and helping us spread the word about the podcast. , and so on and so we can keep on spreading the word of making sense to the rest of the word of the things we re talking about making sense. Thank you, and so much more! - Your support is so appreciated, and it helps us keep on making sense and spreading it around the world, and we can do more of it everywhere we talk about things like this, everywhere we can spread it everywhere, and everywhere we see it, everywhere everywhere we do it, and in the world thank you, everywhere, we get it, more of that, and more of us get a chance to help us do it. Thank you for listening, and thank you for helping us make sense of it.