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We can then see for ourselves the obvious truth that when we cling or hold on to that which changes, we suffer.

By Joseph Goldstein
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Joseph Goldstein is an American teacher of Buddhist insight meditation (vipassana) and lovingkindness meditation (metta). He and fellow teacher Sharon Salzberg cofounded the Insight Meditation Society. He studied Buddhist meditation with teachers in India, Burma, and Tibet and is the author of several books.

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