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Gil Fronsdal

Gil Fronsdal is the co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He has been teaching since 1990. Gil has practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1975 and has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. He has trained in both the Japanese Soto Zen tradition and the Insight Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia. Gil was trained as a Vipassana teacher by Jack Kornfield and is part of the Vipassana teachers' collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 he received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He has been the primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California since 1990. He is a husband and father of two boys.
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Samatha & Vipassana 2018-10-2032:20DownloadStream
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation_Working with emotions
 2018-10-171:30:46DownloadStream
Dharmette: Opening to What is Real 2018-10-1710:20DownloadStream
Practice Note: What is real right 2018-10-174:06DownloadStream
Generosity 2018-10-1434:21DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation 2nd week the Body 2018-10-101:27:30DownloadStream
Dharmette: Q and A 2018-10-1015:17DownloadStream
Practice Note: Longer term 2018-10-106:43DownloadStream
Caring for the Earth, Caring for Oneself 2018-10-0835:24DownloadStreamVideo
Caring for the Earth 2018-10-0743:29DownloadStreamVideo
Intro to Mindfulness Meditation (Series) 2018-10-031:26:43View Series
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation on Breathing and Posture 2018-10-031:26:43DownloadStream
Dharmette: Responsibility 2018-10-0312:46DownloadStream
Practice Note: Present Moment 2018-10-032:59DownloadStream
Secret of a Good Life 2018-10-0140:59DownloadStream
Uprooting Greed Hatred and Delusion 2018-09-3030:54DownloadStreamVideo
Progressive States of Mindfulness 2018-09-2444:23DownloadStream
Toward Freedom From Samsara 2018-09-1041:41DownloadStream
Mindful Speaking 2018-09-0947:02DownloadStreamVideo
Dharmette: Not Always So 2018-09-0510:28DownloadStream
Practice Note: Thinking 2018-09-054:52DownloadStream
Clergy Misconduct 2018-09-0239:56DownloadStreamVideo
WOW: Amazing 2018-08-2911:55DownloadStream
Amazing 2018-08-293:18DownloadStream
Three Kinds of Independence 2018-08-2735:01DownloadStream
Truth 2018-08-2635:49DownloadStreamVideo
Daylong: Being Here and the Five Faculties (Series) 2018-08-253:57:42View Series
Dharmette: Recognize, feel, relax (2) 2018-08-2213:51DownloadStream
Practice Note: recognize, feel, relax (1) 2018-08-223:05DownloadStream
When Thoughts Stop 2018-08-2038:28DownloadStream
Speech That Unifies 2018-08-1946:35DownloadStreamVideo
Dharmette: The Middle in MIndfulness 2018-08-1510:40DownloadStream
Practice Note:Simplicity 2018-08-152:00DownloadStream
Greed, Hatred, and Delusion 2018-08-1345:03DownloadStream
Hinderances and Near Friends 2018-08-1238:58DownloadStreamVideo
Dharmette: Imperturbable Meditation 2018-08-0810:27DownloadStream
Practice Note: Motion & Stillness 2018-08-083:44DownloadStream
Questions 2018-08-0634:34DownloadStream
Alternatives to Thinking 2018-07-3040:04DownloadStream
Don't Give Up Your Own Welfare for the Welfare of Others 2018-07-2937:22DownloadStreamVideo
Dharmette: This Moment 2018-07-2513:12DownloadStream
Practice Note: Intangibles 2018-07-255:37DownloadStream
Trust Awareness and Love Everyone
 2018-07-2332:34DownloadStream
Dharmette: Welcoming 2018-07-1810:30DownloadStream
Practice Note: Being Receptive 2018-07-183:34DownloadStream
Giving Yourself to Practice in Daily Life 2018-07-1642:54DownloadStream
Feelings Dependent on the World, and Feelings Not Dependent on the World 2018-07-0938:06DownloadStream
Forest Bathing 2018-07-0836:10DownloadStreamVideo
A Pause in Desire 2018-07-0238:10DownloadStream
Mindful Breathing 2018-07-0141:22DownloadStream
Dharmette: Wise Contentment, Wise Discontentment 2018-06-2713:34DownloadStream
Practice Note: Wise Contentment 2018-06-275:20DownloadStream
Mental Activity and the Five Aggregates 2018-06-2546:02DownloadStream
Spiritual Friends 2018-06-2432:26DownloadStream
Dharmette: Question and Answer 2018-06-209:17DownloadStream
Practice Note: Coming to Our Senses 2018-06-203:31DownloadStream
Expanded Heart as it relates to current immigration issues. 2018-06-1838:44DownloadStream
The Importance Of Nothing
 2018-06-1733:45DownloadStream
Bringing Practice to Our Sexual Lives 2018-06-1146:49DownloadStream
Closing words
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0943:21DownloadStream
The Perfection of Equanimity
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0948:12DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Stillness and Space
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0850:55DownloadStream
The Perfections of Patience and Truth
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0755:26DownloadStream
Instruction: Emotions
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0650:09DownloadStream
The Perfections of Virtue and Renunciation
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0551:01DownloadStream
Instruction: Breath
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		 2018-06-0445:21DownloadStream
Wise Speech 2018-06-0343:34DownloadStream
The Five Faculties, Part 3 - Daylong Intensive 2018-06-0234:33DownloadStream
The Five Faculties, Part 2 - Daylong Intensive 2018-06-0219:30DownloadStream
The Five Faculties, Part 1 - Daylong Intensive 2018-06-0234:27DownloadStream
Dharmette: Intentness 2018-05-309:44DownloadStream
Practice Note 2018-05-306:08DownloadStream
Four Ways of Establishing Awareness - Our Ancestral Home 2018-05-2846:52DownloadStream
Burdens of the Mind 2018-05-2732:00DownloadStream
Dharmette: Repetitive Thoughts 2018-05-2312:24DownloadStream
Practice Note: Lived Experience 2018-05-234:12DownloadStream
Stay On the Path
2018-05-2144:48DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Putting down the Burden
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		 2018-05-1945:46DownloadStream
Putting Down the Burden
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		 2018-05-1850:52DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Thoughts
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		 2018-05-1750:52DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		 2018-05-1651:23DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		 2018-05-1552:56DownloadStream
Safeguarding the Sense Doors
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		 2018-05-1417:51DownloadStream
Freedom from Thinking 2018-05-1337:52DownloadStreamVideo
The Refuges - Class 3
  • Handout: Practicing with the Five Precepts (PDF)
  • Handout: Community As a Jewel (PDF)
 2018-05-091:17:06DownloadStream
Lowering the Flag of Self 2018-05-0745:34DownloadStreamVideo
Desire 2018-05-0635:32DownloadStream
Desire-Nothing is Enough 2018-05-0526:17DownloadStream
The Refuges - Week 2
  • Handout: The Dharma and the Path of Harmlessness (PDF)
  • Handout: Refuge in the Dhamma (PDF)
 2018-05-021:16:27DownloadStream
The Refuges - Week 1
  • Handout: Going for Refuge (PDF)
 2018-04-2563:10DownloadStream
Dharmette: Mindfulness and Rafting 2018-04-2514:54DownloadStreamVideo
Fear 2018-04-2345:31DownloadStream
Earth Day: Grand Canyon 2018-04-2237:18DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Still, Spacious Awareness
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		 2018-03-2444:10DownloadStream
Talk: Insight into Impermanence
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		 2018-03-2350:34DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Emotions
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		 2018-03-2248:04DownloadStream
Talk: Cultivating Confidence for Insight
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		 2018-03-2148:40DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		 2018-03-2051:04DownloadStream
Talk: Cultivating Stability for Insight
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		 2018-03-1945:31DownloadStream
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