AudioDharma: Gil Fronsdal's most recent dharma talks
Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
Dharmette: Gil's Story Pt 2 (5 of 5) The Place of Practice
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/gHU57OKzMPI?si=prQD7n6LE-QCFJmp&t=1835.
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Guided Meditation: Calm Orientation
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Therīgāthā: The Poetry of the Enlightened Nuns (2 of 4)
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.29 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Gil's Story Pt 2 (4 of 5) Release and Continuing Practice
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/b-ZC6UmZ5zU?si=PlRPempqVAajA6O4&t=1881.
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Guided Meditation: Stepping Stones of Breath
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Stepping Stones
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Walking and Flowing
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Gil's Story Pt 2 (3 of 5) Deeping Into Insight
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Waves of Breathing
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Gil's Story Pt 2 (2 of 5) Meditating in Burma
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Breath at the Cross Roads
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Gil's Story Pt 2 (1 of 5) Begnining Vipassana
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.26 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Stilling the Breath
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.26 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Cultivation of Insight
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Stories (5 of 5) Zen and Beyond
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Being Present and Compassion
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Therīgāthā: The Poetry of the Enlightened Nuns (1 of 4)
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.15 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Gil Stories (4 of 5) Zen Monastery Life
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Beginnings and Endings, Over and Over
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Q&A
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Practice Notes: The Length of a Moment
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Stories (3 of 5) Starting Zen
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Problem Free Zone
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dhamette: Gil's Stories (2 of 5) Edging Toward Buddhism
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Gil Stories (1 of 5) Pre-Buddhism
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Through-line of Breath
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Eco-Chaplaincy-Joanna Macy - Honoring pain
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.11 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharma Practice as a Gradual Path to Becoming Whole In Ourselves
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.04 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Right Speech (5 of 5) Timely
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.02 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditaiton: Deep Thinking
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.02 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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The Buddha’s Experiential Alternative to the Brahmanical “Self”
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.01 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.
Whoever intentionally placed as the Discourse of the Root of All Things as the first discourse in the Middle Length Discourses, did so strategically so these teachings serve as the entry point to the succeeding 151 discourses. The text functions somewhat as ritual text pointing away from any perception that impute a essential soul-like self in what is perceived to perceiving phenomena in their simplicity without an overlay of “self.” The Buddha’s teaching are explicitly contrasted to Brahmanical idea of “self” (atman). <...
Dharmette: Right Speech (4 of 5) Impact
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.01 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Maturing Thoughts
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.10.01 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Origins of the Metta Sutta
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.09.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Practice Notes: Thinking That Supports Meditation
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.09.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Right Speech (3 of 5) Disposed to Goodwill.
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.09.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditaiton: Supported by Deep Thinking
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.09.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Right Speech (2 of 5) Useful.
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.09.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Thinking Beneficially
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.09.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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