If you had only one year to live, what would you do?

A Year to Live
Talks December 31, 2008 | 50 min.

Stilling The Constructions Of Mind

Gil Fronsdal

Gil Fronsdal

Gil Fronsdal

Residential Retreat 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.

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