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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| Receiving Experience | Max Erdstein | 2015.02.18 | 04:40 | 04:40 2015.02.18 |
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| Jhanic Factors: Returning to Daily Life | Max Erdstein | 2014.11.22 | 50:24 | 50:24 2014.11.22 |
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| Guided Meditations: Relationship to experience | Max Erdstein | 2014.11.21 | 49:48 | 49:48 2014.11.21 |
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| Jhanic Factors and the Hindrances | Max Erdstein | 2014.11.20 | 1:02:31 | 1:02:31 2014.11.20 |
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| Guided Meditation: Mindfullness of Emotions | Max Erdstein | 2014.11.19 | 50:38 | 50:38 2014.11.19 |
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| Jhanic Factors: Vitakka and Vicara | Max Erdstein | 2014.11.18 | 55:59 | 55:59 2014.11.18 |
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| Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing | Max Erdstein | 2014.11.17 | 50:25 | 50:25 2014.11.17 |
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| How Samadhi Practice Relates to Insight Practice | Max Erdstein | 2014.10.16 | 1:09:00 | 1:09:00 2014.10.16 |
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| Levels of Samadhi | Max Erdstein | 2014.10.09 | 1:09:00 | 1:09:00 2014.10.09 |
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| Obstacles to Concentration | Max Erdstein | 2014.10.02 | 1:09:44 | 1:09:44 2014.10.02 |
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| Connecting and Sustaining | Max Erdstein | 2014.09.25 | 1:12:16 | 1:12:16 2014.09.25 |
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| Gathering the Mind | Max Erdstein | 2014.09.18 | 5:47:00 | 5:47:00 2014.09.18 |
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| Introduction to Samadhi | Max Erdstein | 2014.09.18 | 1:07:00 | 1:07:00 2014.09.18 |
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| Five Faculties | Max Erdstein | 2014.06.30 | 44:48 | 44:48 2014.06.30 |
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| The Lost Horse | Max Erdstein | 2014.06.04 | 15:01 | 15:01 2014.06.04 |
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| Guided Instructions | Max Erdstein | 2014.05.09 | 43:21 | 43:21 2014.05.09 |
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| Five Faculties - Samadhi | Max Erdstein | 2014.05.08 | 50:22 | 50:22 2014.05.08 |
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| Q and A | Max Erdstein | 2014.05.07 | 08:32 | 08:32 2014.05.07 |
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| Guided instructions - Breath | Max Erdstein | 2014.05.05 | 16:09 | 16:09 2014.05.05 |
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| Insight and the Silent Mind | Max Erdstein | 2013.08.05 | 45:53 | 45:53 2013.08.05 |
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| The Gem of Faith | Max Erdstein | 2013.03.17 | 39:24 | 39:24 2013.03.17 |
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| Cultivation & Insight: Suffering | Max Erdstein | 2013.02.01 | 31:13 | 31:13 2013.02.01 |
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| Strong Self | Max Erdstein | 2013.01.31 | 57:04 | 57:04 2013.01.31 |
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| Cultivation & Insight: Confidence and Trust | Max Erdstein | 2013.01.30 | 34:30 | 34:30 2013.01.30 |
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| Wholeness and True Self | Max Erdstein | 2013.01.24 | 1:05:52 | 1:05:52 2013.01.24 |
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