Ready to deepen your meditation practice? Join Dan Harris and world-class meditation teachers on the 10% with Dan Harris app here: https://app.danharris.com/membership Joseph Goldstein on karma and past life, rebirth & Buddhist concepts. Dan Harris explores the intellectual and practical aspects of these mystical and esoteric concepts with meditation teacher and expert, Joseph Goldstein Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Barre, Massachusetts. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation and The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Joseph has studied and practiced meditation since 1967 under the guidance of eminent teachers from India, Burma, and Tibet and he leads Insight Meditation retreats around the world. In this episode we talk about: - Why Joseph has become more comfortable talking about these concepts as he’s gotten older - Why karma should not be seen as a deterministic principle that rules every aspect of our lives - The connection between karma and past lives - What he thinks about the concept of free will and how it relates to karma - And why skeptics would do well to adopt a mindset characterized by the “willing suspension of disbelief” Learn more about Ten Percent Happier podcast at http://www.tenpercent.com/podcast. Check out guided meditations alongside practical teachings in the Ten Percent Happier app. Click here [https://10percenthappier.app.link/ins...] to get started. #karma #pastlife #rebirth #buddhism #buddhist #danharris #meditation #mentalhealth #mindfulness #dharma #podcast #mindfulnessteacher #adults #anxiety #buddha #buddhism #fitness #health #interview #meditate #men #mental #help #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthtips #mindfulnessmeditation #science #selfawareness #selfhelp #selfhealing #tph #tenpercenthappier #tenpercent #panicattack #panicattackrelief #anxietyrelief #anxietytips Subscribe to watch more Ten Percent Happier videos https://www.youtube.com/tenpercenthappier Listen to the Full Podcast https://link.chtbl.com/Y_729H6p FOLLOW DAN HARRIS PODCASTS ON SOCIAL Dan Harris on Twitter https://twitter.com/danbharris Dan Harris on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danharris/ Dan Harris on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@danbharris Dan Harris on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DanHarrisABC FOLLOW TEN PERCENT HAPPIER ON SOCIAL Ten Percent Happier on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tenpercenthappier/ Ten Percent Happier on Twitter https://twitter.com/10percent Ten Percent Happier on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tenpercent 00:00:00 Introduction to Joseph Goldstein, Buddhist Meditator on Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris 00:01:18 Buddhist Cosmology 00:05:16 Karma & Rebirth 00:09:44 Buddha & Randomness 00:12:47 Power of Generosity 00:16:32 Compassionate Action 00:20:29 Joseph Goldstein's Childhood 00:21:35 Karma 00:33:55 Joseph's Personal Meditation Teachers