introduction to meditation

Introduction to Meditation

Several times a year Gil Fronsdal offers a 5-week instructional series for beginning meditators. These classes provide a good overview of insight meditation practice as well as many guided meditation sessions which help the student learn how to establish and sustain a daily meditation practice.

This page provides recordings and materials from selected classes.

Fall 2007

Topic	Date			Length
Introduction to Meditation (1 of 5)	10/03/07	[Download]	[Play]	1:11:56
Introduction to Meditation (2 of 5)	10/10/07	[Download]	[Play]	1:21:27
Introduction to Meditation (3 of 5)	10/17/07	[Download]	[Play]	1:23:28
Introduction to Meditation (4 of 5)	10/24/07	[Download]	[Play]	1:26:18
Introduction to Meditation (5 of 5)	10/31/07	[Download]	[Play]	1:21:41

The recording for Week 6 is not available. However, the entry below proivides a link to a talk delivered on the topic for Week 6:

Mindfulness of Heart-Mind Quality 11/04/07 [Download] [Play] 43:08

Winter 2003

Topic	Date			Length
Introduction to Meditation (1 of 5)	01/08/03	[Download]	[Play]	1:23:04
Introduction to Meditation (2 of 5)	01/15/03	[Download]	[Play]	1:33:08
Introduction to Meditation (3 of 5)	01/22/03	[Download]	[Play]	1:30:29
Introduction to Meditation (4 of 5)	01/29/03	[Download]	[Play]	1:29:48
Introduction to Meditation (5 of 5)	02/05/03	[Download]	[Play]	1:41:32

The handouts for the course, which are given at the end of each class, are available here:

Week 1 homework : Mindfulness of Breathing (PDFversion)
Week 2 homework : Mindfulness of the Body (PDF version)
Week 3 homework : Mindfulness of Emotions (PDF version)
Week 4 homework : Mindfulness of Thoughts (PDF version)
Week 5 homework : Mindfulness of the Mind (PDF version)
Walking Meditation Instructions (PDF version)