Dawn Neal started Buddhist practice in 2004, and has cumulatively devoted several years to silent retreat. She completed Dharma teacher training with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella in 2025. She serves as the Guiding Teacher for Insight Santa Cruz, and faculty for the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies Online Buddhist Chaplaincy Training. Dawn is a core teacher for IMC’s Tuesday morning group.
Before teaching full time, she was a professional Interfaith Chaplain at Stanford Medicine. Her writing appears in Buddhist Studies journals and Refuge in the Storm, an anthology.
Dawn remains a dedicated student and practitioner of the Dharma. For more information, see her website, liberatingdharma.org
Dawn Neal started Buddhist practice in 2004, and has cumulatively devoted several years to silent retreat. She completed Dharma teacher training with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella in 2025. She...Read more
| Title | Speaker | Date | Length | Length/ Date |
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| Monday Night Talks (beginning 2021) | <multiple> | 2020.03.09 | 90:35:17 | 90:35:17 2020.03.09 |
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| Sunday Morning Dharma Talks - March 8, 2020 to Present. | <multiple> | 2020.03.08 | 223:51:10 | 223:51:10 2020.03.08 |
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| Inspiration: Talks on cultivating qualities helpful to sustainable engagement | Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Neal | 2018.07.23 | 10:51:31 | 10:51:31 2018.07.23 |
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| Intention, Playfulness, and Perfectionism | Dawn Neal | 2016.01.09 | 15:32 | 15:32 2016.01.09 |
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| Women in Buddhism Symposium: Caroline Rhys Davids | Dawn Neal | 2015.11.14 | 46:22 | 46:22 2015.11.14 |
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| Women in Buddhism Symposium: In Honor of the Nuns of Aloka Vihara | <multiple> | 2015.11.14 | 4:52:44 | 4:52:44 2015.11.14 |
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| Cultivating Buddhist Love in Daily Life | Dawn Neal | 2015.10.02 | 15:58 | 15:58 2015.10.02 |
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| Lovingkindness for all (week 4) | Dawn Neal | 2015.06.24 | 1:25:17 | 1:25:17 2015.06.24 |
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| Lovingkindness Week 3 | Dawn Neal | 2015.06.17 | 1:22:44 | 1:22:44 2015.06.17 |
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| Guided Metta Meditation- Neutral Person | Dawn Neal | 2015.06.17 | 21:20 | 21:20 2015.06.17 |
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| Intro to Lovingkindness Week 2 | Dawn Neal | 2015.06.10 | 1:24:48 | 1:24:48 2015.06.10 |
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| Introduction to Lovingkindness: 4 evenings | Dawn Neal | 2015.06.03 | 5:20:01 | 5:20:01 2015.06.03 |
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| Intro to Metta Week 6 | Dawn Neal | 2013.08.21 | 1:09:20 | 1:09:20 2013.08.21 |
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| Intro To Metta Week 5 | Dawn Neal | 2013.08.14 | 1:22:55 | 1:22:55 2013.08.14 |
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| Intro to Metta Week 4 | Dawn Neal | 2013.08.07 | 1:17:36 | 1:17:36 2013.08.07 |
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| Introduction to Metta, Week 3 | Dawn Neal | 2013.07.31 | 1:03:27 | 1:03:27 2013.07.31 |
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| Introduction to Metta, Week 1(a) | Dawn Neal | 2013.07.17 | 28:31 | 28:31 2013.07.17 |
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| Introduction to Metta (Lovingkindness) - six week series | Dawn Neal | 2013.07.17 | 7:44:03 | 7:44:03 2013.07.17 |
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| Social / Public Concerns | <multiple> | 2010.09.09 | 80:08:50 | 80:08:50 2010.09.09 |
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| Practice Note Series | Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Neal | 2010.01.06 | 2:34:18 | 2:34:18 2010.01.06 |
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| Sati Center | <multiple> | 2004.04.24 | 557:16:30 | 557:16:30 2004.04.24 |
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| Guided Meditations | <multiple> | 1999.03.11 | 29:19:27 | 29:19:27 1999.03.11 |
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