In this profound investigation of subjective experience and direct reality, Joseph Goldstein looks at the first three of the five aggregates in Buddhism.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!


In this episode, Joseph analyzes:

- The five aggregates of clinging and deconstructing subjective experience
- Opening the stainless dharma vision eye
- How the Buddha shows the way to those who are lost
- The direct realities underlying the surface appearance of being
- All of the elements which give rise to the experience of self / the aggregate of Rūpa
- The nature of material elements and the four great essentials
- Our experiences as a flow of changing vibrations
- The second aggregate, Vedanā, aka the feeling qualities of experiences
- Feelings as the conditioning factor of our reactions
- Collapsing into the identification with pleasant vs. unpleasant
- Saññā, the aggregate of perception
- Recognizing, naming, and remembering each arising object
- The function of mental noting and focusing on mindfulness

“The Buddha uses this contemplation of the aggregates to analyze our subjective experience and, through this analysis, to deconstruct the very deeply held construct and belief in self.” – Joseph Goldstein

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

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