Parenting as Practice, "No-Dāna-Talk" Dhamma, & Samādhi for Stream Entry | Gil Fronsdal Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Gil Fronsdal about "Naturalistic Buddhism", the experience of jhāna, Stream Entry, Insight Meditation Center's reliance on dāna, parenting, and other topics. Gil is the founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California.

Books and Articles referenced in the interview:
Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition (https://www.amazon.com/Secularizing-B...)
Everything is Practice: A Guide for Insight Meditation Retreats (https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Pra...)
The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early Teachings (https://www.amazon.com/Buddha-before-...)
The Buddha As a Parent (https://www.insightmeditationcenter.o...)
-A Broader Church (https://www.insightmeditationcenter.o...)
Should I Believe in Rebirth? (https://www.insightmeditationcenter.o...)

Gil's Biography:
Gil Fronsdal, born in 1954 in Norway, is a prominent American Buddhist teacher, writer, and scholar based in Redwood City, California. Since 1975, he has practiced Buddhism in the Sōtō Zen and Vipassanā traditions. Fronsdal was ordained as a Sōtō Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982 and spent time as a Theravāda monk in Burma in 1985. He received Dharma transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center, in 1995. Fronsdal is a guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City and holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford University. He has contributed significantly to the Vipassanā teachers' collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, influenced by his mentor, Jack Kornfield. Fronsdal's numerous Dharma talks are available online, where he simplifies complex Buddhist concepts for lay practitioners.

For more about Gil and his work, visit:
https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/
https://www.insightretreatcenter.org/

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