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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| "There is No Such Thing as a Dragon" | Max Erdstein | 2024.03.03 | 44:33 | 44:33 2024.03.03 |
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| Morning Instructions: Body and Breath | Max Erdstein | 2023.10.31 | 45:15 | 45:15 2023.10.31 |
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| Don't remove delusion , Don't even seek the truth | Max Erdstein | 2023.09.24 | 47:41 | 47:41 2023.09.24 |
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| Guided Meditation | Max Erdstein | 2023.09.24 | 34:03 | 34:03 2023.09.24 |
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| Dharmette: Each Barrier is a Gate | Max Erdstein | 2023.03.01 | 22:52 | 22:52 2023.03.01 |
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| Practice Notes: The Secret to Happiness | Max Erdstein | 2023.03.01 | 06:46 | 06:46 2023.03.01 |
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| Choosing the Actual | Max Erdstein | 2022.12.04 | 49:22 | 49:22 2022.12.04 |
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| Conversation about Insight | Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver | 2022.11.05 | 44:10 | 44:10 2022.11.05 |
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| Guided Meditation: Keeping Close to Your Heart | Max Erdstein | 2022.11.05 | 37:56 | 37:56 2022.11.05 |
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| Whole Presence Samadhi | Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver | 2022.11.04 | 50:17 | 50:17 2022.11.04 |
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| Imperturbability | Max Erdstein | 2022.01.30 | 42:43 | 42:43 2022.01.30 |
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| Indifference, Attention, and the Forms of Every Day Life | Max Erdstein | 2021.11.21 | 52:51 | 52:51 2021.11.21 |
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| Guided Meditation: Relaxing Into This Moment | Max Erdstein | 2021.11.21 | 34:17 | 34:17 2021.11.21 |
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| Perfectly Imperfect | Max Erdstein | 2021.09.19 | 45:02 | 45:02 2021.09.19 |
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| Guided Meditation: Intimate Presence | Max Erdstein | 2021.09.19 | 32:49 | 32:49 2021.09.19 |
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| Saying Yes to Life | Max Erdstein | 2020.10.14 | 1:01:03 | 1:01:03 2020.10.14 |
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| Who is responsible for my suffering? (IRC Wed Mini-retreat) | Max Erdstein | 2020.07.01 | 27:51 | 27:51 2020.07.01 |
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| Practicing Intimately | Max Erdstein | 2020.06.14 | 35:35 | 35:35 2020.06.14 |
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| Sunday Morning Dharma Talks - March 8, 2020 to Present. | <multiple> | 2020.03.08 | 197:27:46 | 197:27:46 2020.03.08 |
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| The Gifts of Disenchantment | Max Erdstein | 2020.03.03 | 56:49 | 56:49 2020.03.03 |
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| Thank Goodness for the Marvelous Tail! | Max Erdstein | 2020.01.18 | 48:34 | 48:34 2020.01.18 |
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| Whole-Being Samadhi | Max Erdstein | 2020.01.13 | 45:14 | 45:14 2020.01.13 |
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| Experiencing the Completeness of Each Moment | Max Erdstein | 2019.11.12 | 54:25 | 54:25 2019.11.12 |
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| Guided Meditation: Emotions | Max Erdstein | 2019.11.07 | 50:15 | 50:15 2019.11.07 |
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| The Koan of Impermanence | Max Erdstein | 2019.11.06 | 00:00 | 00:00 2019.11.06 |
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