Max Erdstein teaches at the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. He is trained as a Dharma teacher by Gil Fronsdal and received Dharma Entrustment as a Zen teacher in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi from Sojun Mel Weitsman and Gil Fronsdal.
Max has practiced Buddhist meditation for more than 25 years, training in America, Japan, Thailand, and Burma. He completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Dharma teacher training program and trained in Buddhist chaplaincy with the Sati Center. With Gil he taught the first weeklong retreat at IRC in November 2012. Max holds an AB degree from Stanford and worked at Google for five years.
Max Erdstein teaches at the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. He is trained as a Dharma teacher by Gil Fronsdal and received Dharma Entrustment as a Zen teacher in the...Read more
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| Non-doing, Emptiness, the Sacred | Max Erdstein | 2017.06.06 | 48:43 | 48:43 2017.06.06 |
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| Morning instructions - body and breath | Max Erdstein | 2017.05.27 | 49:58 | 49:58 2017.05.27 |
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| Mindfulness of the Body - Part 2 | Max Erdstein | 2017.05.09 | 57:23 | 57:23 2017.05.09 |
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| Mindfulness of the Body | Max Erdstein | 2017.05.02 | 56:18 | 56:18 2017.05.02 |
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| Wise Intention and Resolution | Max Erdstein | 2017.03.13 | 40:40 | 40:40 2017.03.13 |
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| Power of Intention | Max Erdstein | 2017.03.12 | 48:22 | 48:22 2017.03.12 |
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| Dharma of Love | Max Erdstein | 2017.02.14 | 58:07 | 58:07 2017.02.14 |
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| Relaxing the Body, Releasing the Heart | Max Erdstein | 2017.02.07 | 49:14 | 49:14 2017.02.07 |
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| Meditation in Difficult Times | Max Erdstein | 2017.01.31 | 40:12 | 40:12 2017.01.31 |
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| Not-Self - Week 4 | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.15 | 48:01 | 48:01 2016.11.15 |
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| Meeting Suffering/Unreliable Nature of Experience - Week 3 | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.08 | 55:18 | 55:18 2016.11.08 |
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| Impermanence | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.05 | 43:01 | 43:01 2016.11.05 |
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| Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.05 | 13:24 | 13:24 2016.11.05 |
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| Instructions: Mindfulness of Body | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.04 | 56:12 | 56:12 2016.11.04 |
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| Impermanence - Week 2 | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.01 | 53:47 | 53:47 2016.11.01 |
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| Things as They Really Are: An Introduction to Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness, Not-Self | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.25 | 3:35:02 | 3:35:02 2016.10.25 |
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| Things As They Really Are - Week 1 | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.25 | 57:56 | 57:56 2016.10.25 |
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| Morning instructions - Emotions and Non-Doing | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.09 | 48:32 | 48:32 2016.10.09 |
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| Evening Q & A | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.08 | 36:01 | 36:01 2016.10.08 |
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| Waking Up, Giving Up, Growing Up | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.08 | 54:06 | 54:06 2016.10.08 |
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| Community Practice | Max Erdstein | 2016.09.12 | 36:55 | 36:55 2016.09.12 |
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| Q&A, practicing with our ordinary mind | Max Erdstein | 2016.09.06 | 43:16 | 43:16 2016.09.06 |
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| Deepening the Wonder: A Day of Mindfulness and Appreciative Joy | Max Erdstein | 2016.07.16 | 1:05:46 | 1:05:46 2016.07.16 |
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| Fear and Impermanence | Max Erdstein | 2016.06.28 | 35:27 | 35:27 2016.06.28 |
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| Guided Meditation | Max Erdstein | 2016.06.28 | 28:11 | 28:11 2016.06.28 |
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