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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at StanfordTravelogue: Gil Fronsdal and the Insight Meditation CenterGil Fronsdal talks about studying in Buddhist monasteries from Big Sur to Bangkok, founding the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, and creating an integrated Buddhist world culture through the practice of vipassana meditation.Gil Fronsdal is the founding teacher and a co-guiding 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 was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982 and at Theravada monk in Burma in 1985. Gil also has a PhD in Buddhist Studies...
2025-12-0128 min
Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 232 - Contentment On The Buddhist Path with Gil FronsdalConnecting to the timelessness of the present moment, Gil Fronsdal offers practical steps towards the only source of true happiness: contentment.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explores:Seeing the timeless present through photographs Enjoying the preciousness of our limited time here on earth How corporate, capitalist America prefers people who are discontentWhat the Buddha said about the vital importance of contentment How many...
2025-11-1455 min
Be Here Now NetworkContentment On The Buddhist Path with Gil Fronsdal | BHNN Guest Podcast - Ep. 232Connecting to the timelessness of the present moment, Gil Fronsdal offers practical steps towards the only source of true happiness: contentment.
This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explores:
- Seeing the timeless present through photographs
- Enjoying the preciousness of our limited time here on earth
- How corporate, capitalist America prefers people who are discontent
- What the Buddha said about the vital importance of contentment
- How many desires often dissipate on their own if you ride them out
- The ways in which desire alienates us from ourselves
- The embodied quality of contentment...
2025-11-1355 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 226 - The Deathless with Buddhist Teacher, Gil FronsdalBuddhist teacher Gil Fronsdal explores the concept of the deathless and examines ways to experience life without clinging to impermanent things.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil discusses:What the Buddha said about attaining the deathlessSeeking after things that are eternal rather than prone to aging and impermanence Three forms of clinging/craving that lead us to suffering: beliefs, becoming, and sensual pleasureConsidering if th...
2025-09-251h 00Be Here Now NetworkThe Deathless with Buddhist Teacher, Gil Fronsdal | BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 226Buddhist teacher Gil Fronsdal explores the concept of the deathless and
examines ways to experience life without clinging to impermanent things.
Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.
In this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil discusses:
- What the Buddha said about attaining the deathless
- Seeking after things that are eternal rather than prone to aging and impermanence
- Three forms of clinging/craving that lead us to suffering: beliefs, becoming, and sensual pleasure
- Considering if...
2025-09-251h 00Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 222 - Going For Refuge with Buddhist Teacher, Gil FronsdalReminding listeners that they can be fully supported and guided by the Dharma, Gil Fronsdal discusses the Buddhist concept of taking refuge.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil describes:The significance of going for refuge within the Buddhist tradition How taking refuge can radically reshape your life and reorient your heart towards truth and freedomAnalyzing our consciousness and what it is concerned with Taki...
2025-08-281h 06Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 218 - Anicca: Seeing The Inconstancy of All Things with Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal reflects on Anicca, the Buddhist teaching often translated as impermanence, and offers a more precise lens for Western minds to understand its meaning.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Gil offers wisdom on:How to create inner conditions that support the natural arising of wisdomUnderstanding inconstancy as a flow of coming and going, not a fixed state of changeA powerful fable: The Emperor of China’s quest for...
2025-08-0150 min
Be Here Now NetworkIncluding Everything with Gil Fronsdal | BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 212Are we trying to find inner peace the wrong way?
Gil Fronsdal discusses cultivating an all-inclusive awareness that embraces each experience and sensation without resistance or judgment.
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In this episode, Gil Fronsdal provides insights on:
- Figuring out what our life’s pursuit is, and, if we are chasing the wrong things
- The Buddha as a doctor of freedom, the inner life, the illness of suff...
2025-06-2047 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 212 - Including Everything with Buddhist Teacher Gil FronsdalAre we trying to find inner peace the wrong way? Gil Fronsdal discusses cultivating an all-inclusive awareness that embraces each experience and sensation without resistance or judgment.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Gil Fronsdal provides insights on:Figuring out what our life’s pursuit is, and, if we are chasing the wrong thingsThe Buddha as a doctor of freedom, the inner life, the illness of sufferingHow child-like wellbeing and...
2025-06-2047 minBe Here Now NetworkWhy We Suffer with Buddhist Teacher Gil Fronsdal | BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 209Gil Fronsdal explores why we suffer and how we can meet our suffering with a supportive presence for the benefit of ourselves and all beings.
In this episode, Gil thoughtfully discusses:
- Becoming like a wise & peaceful snake, shedding our skin from time to time
- How mindfulness practice can contain the goal of cessation of greed, hatred, and delusion
- How clinging creates emotional stress, mental pain, and spiritual suffering
- Notice the “aah” of skillful action versus the “ouch” of unskillful action as we develop awareness
- Being present for the depth of suffering in the human heart
- Bringi...
2025-05-2340 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 209 - Why We Suffer with Buddhist Teacher Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal explores why we suffer and how we can meet our suffering with a supportive presence for the benefit of ourselves and all beings. In this episode, Gil thoughtfully discusses:Becoming like a wise & peaceful snake, shedding our skin from time to timeHow mindfulness practice can contain the goal of cessation of greed, hatred, and delusionHow clinging creates emotional stress, mental pain, and spiritual sufferingNotice the “aah” of skillful action versus the “ouch” of unskillful action as we develop awarenessBeing present for the depth of suffering in the human heartBringing the qualities of the awakened mind in t...
2025-05-2340 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 206 - No Part Left Out: The Unity Of Wisdom And Compassion with Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal explores the heart of Buddhist tradition by blending mindfulness with the transformative power of compassion and loving kindness.This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp & Dharma Seed:Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.Join Buddhist Teacher David Nichtern and Duncan Trussell for a conversation about finding our own voice, our own expression, and our own way of connecting with people. Learn more about this FREE online gathering - AUTHENTIC PRESENCE: FINDING YOUR OWN VOICEOn this episode of the...
2025-05-0142 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 203 - The Four Resolves with Gil FronsdalOutlining the four resolves of wisdom, truth, relinquishment, and peace, Gil Fronsdal takes us down the path of freedom.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explores:The four resolves of wisdom, truth, relinquishment, and peaceHow many people’s lives are founded on their attachments Finding the dharma path in our lives Arriving where we are rather than being in the future or past The man...
2025-04-1155 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 198 - Stilling The Constructions Of Mind with Gil FronsdalConsidering how we relate to the world, Gil Fronsdal offers insight into freedom from our mental constructs through stillness of mind.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Gil Fronsdal offers wisdom on:The relationship between fundamental insight and fundamental happinessDividing the present moment into three parts (what's happening, our relationship to it, and the self)The Anicca Vata Sankhara chant, an important chant among Theravada BuddhistsSeeing happiness through stilling our m...
2025-03-0849 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 196 - Mindfulness of the Body with Gil FronsdalRenowned Buddhist teacher Gil Fronsdal outlines how a connection to the body is the gateway into the present moment.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal dives into:Reminding ourselves to be in the present momentFinding the dharma in the here and nowOur lived spaces of awakeningNot being in conflict with realityStaying aware and being able to trust ourselvesRelishing in our own uniqueness and allow...
2025-02-2146 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 192 - Wisdom and the Path with Gil FronsdalGuiding us along the path, Gil Fronsdal shows how to develop spirituality into enduring inner strengths rather than solitary experiences.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Gil Fronsdal teaches listeners about:Developing personal, inner strengthsThe tendency of meditators to over-value spiritual experiencesWisdom as one of our inner strengthsThe clarity of awakening and seeing the functions of our heart and mindHow something arises and how something ceasesWhat it means to be aw...
2025-01-2458 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 188 - Buddhist Training as Parents with Gil FronsdalIn this retreat recording, Gil Fronsdal applies Buddhism to parenting and explains family life as one of the best forms of practice.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explains:Buddhism as a training for all aspects of our livesFinding balance, freedom, and compassion in the day-to-dayFamily and children as one of the greatest forms of practiceEquanimity as the crown jewel of BuddhismHow children are m...
2024-12-1939 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 184 - Meditation: Awareness of Awareness with Gil FronsdalThrough meditation and lecture, Gil Fronsdal outlines how the awareness of awareness is more important than the content of an experience.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explains:Giving too much importance to our experiencesBeing mindful of whatever is present in a given momentThe authority we give to our fixationsDropping into the experience of the body breathingKnowing our feelings and thoughts and noticing when...
2024-11-0832 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 181 - Mindfulness of Emotions with Buddhist Teacher, Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal offers Buddhist wisdom on relating skillfully to our emotions and seeing them as messengers of our inner worlds.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self.In this talk, Gil Fronsdal lectures about:Identifying emotions without getting lost in the storyThe necessity and benefits of feeling painKnowing what's happening as it's happeningHow most of us are driven by our desires and aversionsSimply knowing and how free our knowing can beMaking room for our ex...
2024-10-1621 min
Be Here Now NetworkEp. 181 - Mindfulness Of Emotions With Buddhist Teacher, Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal offers Buddhist wisdom on relating skillfully to our emotions and seeing them as messengers of our inner worlds.
In this talk, Gil Fronsdal lectures about:
Identifying emotions without getting lost in the story
The necessity and benefits of feeling pain
Knowing what's happening as it's happening
How most of us are driven by our desires and aversions
Simply knowing and how free our knowing can be
Making room for our experiences
How our emotions let us know what we should pay attention to
Learning how our emotions live in the intelligent system of our body
How reactivity blocks...
2024-09-2021 min
Be Here Now NetworkWell-Being Buddhist Teacher with Gil Fronsdal - BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 176This week, Buddhist Teacher Gil Fronsdal explores our quality of well-being and how we can cultivate ease, happiness, and contentment on the path to inner liberation.
In this talk on cultivating well-being through Buddhist practice, Gil touches on:
- Happiness as something we do not pursue, but cultivate by creating and recognizing conditions for it
- The “three breath journey” meditation practice, which helps to shift perception and be present
- Developing clarity and ease through mindfulness practice
- Transforming challenging emotions and experiences by befriending them non-judgmentally
- Physical presence and awareness in the body as a part of cult...
2024-07-2743 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 176 — Well-Being with Buddhist Teacher with Gil FronsdalThis week, Buddhist Teacher Gil Fronsdal explores our quality of well-being and how we can cultivate ease, happiness, and contentment on the path to inner liberation.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this talk on cultivating well-being through Buddhist practice, Gil touches on:Happiness as something we do not pursue, but cultivate by creating and recognizing conditions for itThe “three breath journey” meditation practice, which helps to shift perception and be presentDev...
2024-07-2643 minBe Here Now Networkv2 Ep. 170 - Stream of Refuge and Confidence with Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal discusses having confidence in what the Buddha represents within ourselves and being a refuge for all beings.
This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explains:
How the Buddha defined confidence and fate
Instructions from the Buddha on making oneself a refuge
Being a refuge and support for all beings
Personal worth and finding yourself in community
The benefit of having confidence in ourselves and in our practice
The imperfections that stain the mind
Having confidence in that which the Buddha represents within ourselves
Reflecting on the times when our minds are not caught
How the dharma...
2024-06-0146 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 171 - Stream of Refuge and Confidence with Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal discusses having confidence in what the Buddha represents within ourselves and being a refuge for all beings.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explains:How the Buddha defined confidence and fateInstructions from the Buddha on making oneself a refugeBeing a refuge and support for all beingsPersonal worth and finding yourself in communityThe benefit of having confidence in ourselves and in our practiceThe imp...
2024-05-3146 minBe Here Now NetworkEp. 168 - Big Flower, Small Flower with Gil FronsdalDistinguishing commentary from direct experience, Gil Fronsdal helps us break free from the conventions and comparisons that the mind makes.
In this episode, Gil Fronsdal speaks to listeners about:
- Paying homage to those who have purified their hearts
- Direct experience versus attempting to describe things
- The way that comparison arises
- Self-image and appreciating our own suchness
- Resting in the part of ourselves that is not an idea or a concept
- The conditioning that can happen from society
- Wisdom from sitting with physical pain
- Living in the present moment instead of the stories...
2024-05-031h 02Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 168 - Big Flower, Small Flower with Gil FronsdalDistinguishing commentary from direct experience, Gil Fronsdal helps us break free from the conventions and comparisons that the mind makes.Today's episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Gil Fronsdal speaks to listeners about:Paying homage to those who have purified their heartsDirect experience versus attempting to describe thingsThe way that comparison arisesSelf-image and appreciating our own suchnessResting in the part of ourselves that is not an idea or a conceptThe conditioning tha...
2024-05-021h 02Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 165 - Meeting the Dharma in Ourselves with Gil FronsdalTaking us on a pilgrimage through Buddhist teachings, Gil Fronsdal describes meeting the dharma in ourselves.This recording from Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on Dharmaseed.orgToday's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowThis time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal teaches on:Meeting the dharma in ourselves through direct experiencesGoing into the world with a phenomenal capacity for non-harmingLooking at what really motivates and drives usThe story of the Kalama SuttaRecognizing what bri...
2024-03-281h 03
Be Here Now NetworkMental Constructs with Gil Fronsdal - BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 162Exploring mental constructs, Gil Fronsdal describes how we construct the relationships to our experiences.
This recording from the Insight Meditation Center was originally published on Dharmaseed.org
On this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal talks about these topics:
A four line Buddhist chant in Pali
The impermanence of all constructed things
Mindfulness and the practice of noticing
Exploring one’s relationship to the present moment
Moving our attention with a deliberate calmness
Meditation instruction as the antidote to relating negatively
Our attitudes and how they affect our experiences
Non-reactive awareness in order to avoid new constructions
Identity an...
2024-02-2155 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 162 - Mental Constructs with Gil FronsdalExploring mental constructs, Gil Fronsdal describes how we construct the relationships to our experiences.This recording from the Insight Meditation Center was originally published on Dharmaseed.orgOn this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal talks about these topics:A four line Buddhist chant in PaliThe impermanence of all constructed thingsMindfulness and the practice of noticingExploring one’s relationship to the present momentMoving our attention with a deliberate calmnessMeditation instruction as the antidote to relating negativelyOur attitudes and how they affect our experiencesNon-reactive awareness in order to avoid new constructionsIdentity and the sto...
2024-02-2155 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 158 - The Dharma in Brief with Gil Fronsdal Focusing on the ways that Buddhism points us inward, Gil Fronsdal explains the dharma in a brief and accessible way.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowIn this guest episode, Gil lectures on:Emptiness within Theravada BuddhismWhat happens after our basic necessities are metHow we are versus what we doBecoming free from doctrinesThe importance of practice and heightened sensitivitySuffering and the cessation of sufferingSkillful actions and improving the quality of inner lifeThe portability of inner wealthThe limitations of o...
2024-01-081h 02
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Title: The Dhammapada
Author: Gil Fronsdal
Narrator: Gil Fronsdal
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 12-27-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: Buddhism
Publisher's Summary:
In this renowned translation of Buddhism’s most widely read scripture, freshly updated for a new generation of listeners, Gil Fronsdal provides extensive explanatory notes and easy-to-understand insight for practice. Whether a practicing Buddhist of any tradition or simply a listener of the world’s literary classics, all will be enriched by this centuries-old wisdom.
2023-12-272h 35Grab This Award-Winning Full Audiobook — Perfect At Home.The Dhammapada by Gil FronsdalPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/48884to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dhammapada
Author: Gil Fronsdal
Narrator: Gil Fronsdal
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 12-27-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: Buddhism
Publisher's Summary:
In this renowned translation of Buddhism’s most widely read scripture, freshly updated for a new generation of listeners, Gil Fronsdal provides extensive explanatory notes and easy-to-understand insight for practice. Whether a practicing Buddhist of any tradition or simply a listener of the world’s literary classics, all will be enriched by this centuries-old wisdom.
2023-12-272h 35Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 155 - Insight Into Not-Self with Gil FronsdalOffering listeners insights, stories, and guided imagery, Gil Fronsdal describes the idea of the self as an anchor.This recording from the Insight Meditation Center was originally published on Dharmaseed.orgThis week on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil teaches us about:Ideas of the self as an anchorThe three characteristics of inconstancy, suffering, and not-selfThe Buddha’s views on the selfHow thinking about the self actually takes us away from the selfStaying with the flow in meditationThe suffering found within ‘me, myself, and mine’A dharma story about zen master Suzuki RoshiHow most concep...
2023-12-1347 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 149 – A Sitting Meditation Posture Clinic with Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal talks about the importance of posture in our meditation practice and offers a bevy of suggestions for staying comfortable and pain-free both on the floor and in a chair.This dharma talk was originally published on Dharma Seed.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowIn this episode, Gil explores:How posture can really help anchor us to the present momentBeing intentional with our posture in meditation versus giving into posture driven by emotions that ar...
2023-10-2531 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 143 – Doubt And The Path to Awakening with Gil FronsdalExploring the hindrances of mind, Gil Fronsdal offers a Buddhist perspective on the many forms of doubt and how we can embrace it.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowIn this Guest episode recorded at the Te Moata Retreat Center, Gil Fronsdal uncovers:Doubt as the fifth hindrance of mind The many forms of doubt (self-questioning, spiritual confusion, indecisiveness) Recognizing when we are in a hindrance of mind Having an uncompromising acceptance of the moment The usefulness of d...
2023-08-2149 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 137 - Quality Of Mind with Gil FronsdalGil Fronsdal returns for a guest episode on the importance of our quality of mind and explores self-discovery through our actions.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowIn this BHNN Guest Episode, Gil Fronsdal speaks on:Being still and befriending the self Self-discovery and our motivationsA story of the Buddha and his sonActions as a mirror to the selfLearned behavior & conditioning versus the truth “You study yourself, you study what you do in body, mind, speech, and those...
2023-05-0158 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 133 – Meditation: Silence, Stillness, Spaciousness with Gil FronsdalIn this episode, Gil shares a resonant guided meditation helping us into a relaxed state of silence, stillness, and spaciousness.This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow“If you hear the sound of the birds, it’s because it’s quiet enough to hear them. Hear the whistling of the birds, and hear the silence that allows us to hear. In the silence, sounds appear. It’s possible to be aware of both the sounds and the silence.” – Gil FronsdalMore abo...
2023-03-1434 min
Insight MyanmarA Conversation with Gil FronsdalEpisode #122: Gil Fronsdal’s single visit to Myanmar came over three decades ago, but the impact of the trip on his spiritual life stays with him still.Initially practicing Zen, he went to Japan to deepen his practice, but he soon became disillusioned with the emphasis on ritual. He traveled on to Thailand, where he took a Mahasi course. Immediately impressed, he felt inspired go to the source of the teaching and seek further guidance under Sayadaw U Pandita, himself.When Gil did finally arrive in the country, he devoted himself to in...
2022-09-101h 20Be Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 103 – A Better Way of Being with Gil FronsdalInviting you on a 'Three Breath Journey,' Gil explores mindfulness from the perspectives of wellbeing, somatic inquiry, relaxation, and as a wellspring of dharmic pleasure.This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowIn this Dharma Talk stemming from Auckland Insight Meditation's Cultivation and Insight Retreat livestream on 2/14/2022, Gil Fronsdal shares his non-meditation, the 'Three Breath Journey,' before diving into topics like: when to be mindful, mindfulness as relaxation and wellbeing, mindfulness of the body, and how t...
2022-05-1949 minBe Here Now Network Guest PodcastEp. 63 – Gil Fronsdal – Beauty and CareGil Fronsdal explores the Buddha’s teachings on beauty and care, sharing their relationship to karma, meditation, the witness, and the Dharma.This talk is from the April 15, 2020 Spirit Rock Rock Meditation Center: Living Through Awareness Online Retreat. Gil Fronsdal is the co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center in California. He 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...
2020-09-1039 min
Mindrolling with Raghu MarkusEp. 155 - Failure Free Zone with Gil FronsdalRaghu with his co-host, true blue soul mate wife, Saraswati Markus hang with Gil Fronsdal- newly named Baba Gil. Gil hails from the Insight Meditation family and was discovered by Saraswati during her long nite festivals of Dharama talks. When we talk about the difficulties people have with meditative practice Gil calls out to people to remember that it is a "failure free zone". We talk about the Be Here Now concept and Gil renames it "unconditional acceptance of the present moment". And of course the hosts inevitably have to ask about mindfulness and it's very worldly application in these...
2016-06-2358 min
ZencastZencast 461 - How Are You by Gil FronsdalHow Are You by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2014-04-1339 min
ZencastZencast 456 - Samadhi Practice by Gil FronsdalSamadhi Practice by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2014-02-2439 min
ZencastZencast 454 - The Four Noble Truths by Gil FronsdalThe Four Noble Truths by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2014-02-0245 min
ZencastZencast 453 - The Eightfold Path by Gil FronsdalThe Eightfold Path by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2014-01-2641 min
ZencastZencast 452 - Freedom from Identification by Gil FronsdalFreedom from Identification by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2014-01-1934 min
ZencastZencast 450 - "Awareness" by Gil Fronsdal"Awareness" by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-12-2943 min
ZencastZencast 449 - The Practice of Generosity by Gil FronsdalThe Practice of Generosity by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-12-2241 min
ZencastZencast 447 - Awareness by Gil FronsdalAwareness by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-12-0850 min
ZencastZencast 445 - Gratitude by Gil FronsdalGratitude by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-11-2453 min
ZencastZencast 444 - Equanimity by Gil FronsdalEquanimity by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-11-1742 min
ZencastZencast 443 - Stepping Out Of The Mud Of Identification by Gil FronsdalStepping Out Of The Mud Of Identification by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-11-1035 min
ZencastZencast 442 - Breath Meditation by Gil FronsdalBreath Meditation by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-11-0340 min
ZencastZencast 438 - Nature and Liberation by Gil FronsdalNature and Liberation by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-10-0635 min
ZencastZencast 437 - Not Self by Gil FronsdalNot Self by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-09-2944 min
ZencastZencast 435 - The Simile of the Raft by Gil FronsdalThe Simile of the Raft by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-09-1538 min
ZencastZencast 434 - Our Relationship to Views by Gil FronsdalOur Relationship to Views by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-09-0841 min
ZencastZencast 432 - Compassion without a Basis by Gil FronsdalCompassion without a Basis by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-08-2543 min
ZencastZencast 427 - "Here" by Gil Fronsdal"Here" by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-07-2142 min
ZencastZencast 425 - Silence by Gil FronsdalSilence by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-07-0742 min
ZencastZencast 424 - 1st Principle of Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal1st Principle of Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-06-3046 min
ZencastZencast 421 - Humility by Gil FronsdalHumility by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-06-0944 min
ZencastZencast 419 - Mindfulness of the Body by Gil FronsdalMindfulness of The Body by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-05-2644 min
ZencastZencast 415 - Fear by Gil FronsdalFear by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-04-2834 min
ZencastZencast 414 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort (Part 3) by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort (Part 3) by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-04-2146 min
ZencastZencast 413 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort (Part 2) by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort (Part 2) by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-04-1441 min
ZencastZencast 412 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort (Part 1) by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Effort (Part 1) by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-04-072h 17
ZencastZencast 407 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Livelihood (Part 2) by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Livelihood (Part 2) by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-03-0350 min
ZencastZencast 406 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Livelihood (Part 1) by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path - Right Livelihood (Part 1) by Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-02-241h 02
ZencastZencast 405 - Overview Of The Eightfold Path by Gil FronsdalOverview Of The Eightfold Path - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-02-1747 min
ZencastZencast 404 - Right Concentration by Gil FronsdalRight Concentration - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-02-1046 min
ZencastZencast 403 - The Three Characteristics by Gil FronsdalThe Three Characteristics - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-02-0340 min
ZencastZencast 401 - Right Mindfulness by Gil FronsdalRight Mindfulness - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-01-2042 min
ZencastZencast 400 - The Four Noble Truths by Gil FronsdalThe Four Noble Truths - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2013-01-1344 min
ZencastZencast 397 - Stories From Emptiness by Gil FronsdalStories From Emptiness - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-12-231h 12
ZencastZencast 396 - The Buddha's Discourses on Mindfulness by Gil FronsdalThe Buddha's Discourses on Mindfulness - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-12-1641 min
ZencastZencast 394 - Dependent Origination by Gil FronsdalDependent Origination - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-12-0247 min
ZencastZencast 393 - Reflections on Gratitude by Gil FronsdalReflections on Gratitude - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-11-2543 min
ZencastZencast 392 - Skillfulness (Uaya Kausalya) by Gil FronsdalSkillfulness (Uaya Kausalya) - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-11-1844 min
ZencastZencast 391 - Right Action by Gil FronsdalRight Action - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-11-1139 min
ZencastZencast 389 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt4 by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt4 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-10-2834 min
ZencastZencast 388 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt3 by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt3 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-10-2131 min
ZencastZencast 387 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt2 by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt2 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-10-1450 min
ZencastZencast 386 - Cultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt1 by Gil FronsdalCultivating the Noble Eightfold Path Pt1 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-10-0750 min
ZencastZencast 382 - Meditation as a Mirror to Ourselves by Gil FronsdalMediation as a Mirror to Ourselves - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-09-0929 min
ZencastZencast 381 - Buddhism as Storytelling, Storytelling as Buddhism by Gil FronsdalBuddhism as Storytelling, Storytelling as Buddhism - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-09-0244 min
ZencastZencast 377 - The Buddha's Story by Gil FronsdalThe Buddha's Story - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-08-0545 min
ZencastZencast 375 - Will Power by Gil FronsdalWill Power - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-07-2244 min
ZencastZencast 374 - Thinking Outside of Thinking by Gil FronsdalThinking Outside of Thinking - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-07-1542 min
ZencastZencast 371 - The Ten Fetters by Gil FronsdalThe Ten Fetters - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-06-2443 min
ZencastZencast 370 - Mindfulness of Listening by Gil FronsdalMindfulness of Listening - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-06-1739 min
ZencastZencast 366 - Contexts of Mindfulness Practice by Gil FronsdalContext of Mindfulness Practice - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-05-2037 min
ZencastZencast 362 - Letting Go: Clinging and Peace by Gil FronsdalLetting Go: Clinging and Peace - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-04-2240 min
ZencastZencast 358 - Three Ways of Understanding The Path by Gil FronsdalThree Ways of Understanding The Path - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-03-2638 min
ZencastZencast 355 - Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 6 by Gil FronsdalIntroduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 6 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-03-041h 33
ZencastZencast 354 - Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 5 by Gil FronsdalIntroduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 5 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-02-261h 30
ZencastZencast 353 - Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 4 by Gil FronsdalIntroduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 4 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-02-191h 26
ZencastZencast 352 - Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 3 by Gil FronsdalIntroduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 3 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-02-121h 30
ZencastZencast 351 - Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 2 by Gil FronsdalIntroduction to Mindfulness Meditation- Week 2 - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
2012-02-051h 27
ZencastZencast 295 - A Monastery Within - A Book Reading by Gil FronsdalA Monastery Within -A Book Reading - Gil Fronsdal This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal
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