Tricycle Talks Liberation Through Non-Clinging Across Buddhist Traditions with Joseph Goldstein
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Oct 22, 2025 
In this conversation with Joseph Goldstein, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, listeners delve into the concept of non-clinging as a vital thread across Buddhist traditions. Goldstein discusses how non-clinging liberates us from attachment to self and emphasizes the balance between non-duality and ethical considerations. He shares insights on the interplay of dual and non-dual awareness, warns against becoming attached to emptiness, and offers practical exercises to enhance mindfulness. Discover how selflessness can reshape our understanding of self and reality.
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Non-Clinging Is The Common Thread
- Non-clinging is the shared liberative thread across Buddhist traditions despite doctrinal differences.
- Joseph Goldstein argues freedom from grasping underlies diverse teachings and goals.
Non-Duality Means Different Things
- Non-duality has multiple meanings across traditions, including samsara-nirvana unity and collapse of subject-object.
- Goldstein suggests framing non-duality as selflessness to make it more accessible and practical.
Balance Emptiness With Ethical Attention
- Integrate experience of emptiness with attention to karma and relative consequences.
- Avoid treating emptiness as permission for moral laxity by maintaining fine-grained ethical attention.