Gil Fronsdal

Residential Retreat Teacher

Gil Fronsdal has practiced Zen and vipassana since 1975 and has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. Trained by Jack Kornfield, he is the founder and primary teacher of the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and is also a husband and father. He is the author of The Issue at Hand, co-editor of Teachings of the Buddha, editor of Voices From Spirit Rock, and has published an acclaimed new translation of The Dhammapada.

Gil Fronsdal
Mindfulness joined with concentration allows us to see the moment-to-moment holding at the heart of our suffering.
 
Gil Fronsdal, The Issue at Hand

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Talks

April 23, 2023 | 32 min.

Posture Clinic

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Articles

August 1, 2022

Introduction to Insight Meditation

Jack Kornfield, PhD, Gil Fronsdal

Insight Meditation is at the heart of the teachings and practice at Spirit Rock. Its purpose is to strengthen mindfulness (sati), our capacity to experience "things as they are" directly, without the filter of discursive thinking, evaluation or habitual reactivity. It consists of bringing a natural and clear attention to whatever occurs in the present moment. Some traditional definitions of mindfulness include "wakefulness of mind," "lucidity of mind," "alertness" and "undistracted attention." Oftentimes Insight Meditation is referred to as Mindfulness Meditation.

Talks

August 2, 2018 | 33 min.

Parenting: Self, Other, and Beyond

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Meditations

March 6, 2014 | 29 min

Brahmavihāra Practice

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