Gil Fronsdal

Gil Fronsdal (1954) is a Buddhist who has practiced Zen and Vipassana since the 1970s, and is currently a Buddhist teacher who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) of Redwood City, California. He is one of the best-known American Buddhists. He has a PhD in Buddhist Studies from Stanford University. His many dharma talks available online contain basic information on meditation and Buddhism, as well as subtle concepts of Buddhism explained at the level of the lay person.

Publications

*Fronsdal, Gil, and Jack Kornfield (foreword) (2005). "The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations," Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 1-59030-211-7.
*Fronsdal, Gil (1998). "Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness", in C.S. Prebish & K.K. Tanaka (1998), "The Faces of Buddhism in America," University of California Press. Also available on-line at: http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/articles/InsightintheUS.html.
*Kornfield, Jack with Gil Fronsdal (eds.) (1996). "Teachings of the Buddha," Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 1-57062-124-1.
*Spirit Rock Teaching Collective; Gil Fronsdal with Nancy Van House (eds.) (1996). "Voices from Spirit Rock: Talks on Mindfulness Practice," Rancho Cordova, CA: Clear & Present Graphics.
*Fronsdal, Gil (2001) "The Issue at Hand", Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice. Available as online PDF file at http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/book/IssueAtHand_Jan06.pdf
*Fronsdal, Gil (2002) "Virtues without Rules", in C.S. Prebish & Martin Baumann (2002), "Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia", University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA.

External links

* [http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/imc-teachers.html Official bio with photo]
* [http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-gil.html Gil Fronsdal's dharma talks (mp3)]
* [http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/imc-dhammapada.html Gil Fronsdal's Dhammapada readings (mp3)]
* [http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/index.html IMC of Redwood City, CA's home page]