To meditate and settle on oneself, and encounter the world from that settled place is a wonderful thing. A practice community is a place to begin learning to bring that settled place into the rest of our lives.
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Residential Teacher
Gil Fronsdal has practiced Zen and vipassanā since 1975 and holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. Trained by Jack Kornfield, he is the founder and primary teacher at Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City. A husband and father, he is the author of The Issue at Hand and translator of The Dhammapada, among other notable Buddhist publications.