Gil Fronsdal is the senior guiding co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He started Buddhist practice in 1975, and has been teaching for IMC since 1990. Gil is an authorized teacher in two traditions: the Insight Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, and Japanese Soto Zen. He holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. He is a husband and the father of two sons.
Gil Fronsdal is the senior guiding co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He started Buddhist...Read more
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (54) Happiness as Medicine | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.17 | 12:12 | 12:12 2025.04.17 |
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| Guided Meditation: Embodied Happinesss | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.17 | 30:27 | 30:27 2025.04.17 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (53) Happy, Equanimous Body | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.16 | 14:31 | 14:31 2025.04.16 |
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| Guided Meditation: Spacious Equanimity | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.16 | 29:32 | 29:32 2025.04.16 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (52) Immersed in Silence of Third Jhana | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.15 | 16:48 | 16:48 2025.04.15 |
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| Guided Meditation: Wholeness in Silence | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.15 | 30:25 | 30:25 2025.04.15 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (51) Intro to Third Jhana | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.14 | 14:38 | 14:38 2025.04.14 |
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| Guided Meditation: Entering, Abiding, and Happiness | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.14 | 29:33 | 29:33 2025.04.14 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (50) Opening to Joy and Happiness | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.11 | 14:25 | 14:25 2025.04.11 |
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| Guided Meditation: Enter, Abide, and Open | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.11 | 29:05 | 29:05 2025.04.11 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (49) Spreading Joy and Happiness | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.10 | 13:04 | 13:04 2025.04.10 |
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| Guided Meditation: Flow of Attention and Joy | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.10 | 29:55 | 29:55 2025.04.10 |
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| Dharmette: The Wisdom of Doing Nothing | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.09 | 14:24 | 14:24 2025.04.09 |
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| Practice Notes: Watering Non-thinking | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.09 | 08:19 | 08:19 2025.04.09 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (48) Wholeness | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.09 | 15:20 | 15:20 2025.04.09 |
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| Guided Meditation: Calm, Clarity, and Unity | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.09 | 29:55 | 29:55 2025.04.09 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (47) Calm and Inner Clarity | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.08 | 13:57 | 13:57 2025.04.08 |
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| Guided Meditation: Vast Clarity | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.08 | 30:03 | 30:03 2025.04.08 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (46) Intro to Second Jhana | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.07 | 13:26 | 13:26 2025.04.07 |
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| Guided Meditation: Non-Discursive Calm | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.07 | 30:53 | 30:53 2025.04.07 |
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| Six Principles of Goodwill | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.04.06 | 40:48 | 40:48 2025.04.06 |
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| Is Buddhism a Religion, Art, or Science? | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.03.30 | 35:45 | 35:45 2025.03.30 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (45) Spreading the Joy | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.03.28 | 15:27 | 15:27 2025.03.28 |
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| Guided Meditaiton: Prevading the Well-Being | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.03.28 | 27:50 | 27:50 2025.03.28 |
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| Dharmette: Samadhi (44) Five Jhanic Factors | Gil Fronsdal | 2025.03.27 | 15:08 | 15:08 2025.03.27 |
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