The Most "Boring" Man in the World, the Best Meditation Teacher in the West.

Meet Gil Fronsdal!
The best meditation teacher in the West, and... the most "boring" man in the world.
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Links to Fronsdal content:
Introduction to Meditation: www.audiodharma.org/series/in...
IMC website: www.insightmeditationcenter.org/
IMC CZcams Channel: / @insightmeditationcenter
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Other teachers mentioned in this video:
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
Bhikkhu Anālayo
Keren Arbel
Rob Burbea (Not mentioned in video, but also very good.)
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[@andymindful]

David, this is the first comment I've added to a CZcams video in years, if ever. Thanks. It's a pleasure to hear you talk about Gil in the same sort of language I use, and love your "most boring" label. Hilarious and in the best sense accurate. I've subscribed to your channel and hope to see more from you.

[@alanraetz]

Just had to comment. I found my way here via your articles on Goenka retreats. I have done two silent 7-day retreats with Gil Fronsdal, and just back from a Goenka retreat, madly searching for negative Goenka experiences online, hahaha! Misery loves company! I thought Gil Fronsdal was Vipassana, but Goenka set me straight! 🤣Love your comments on Gil, spot-on. Your take on Goenka is similar to mine, I think, and it has upset me enough that I want to write more about it... Goenka, 300 mediation centers, Gil Fronsdal 1. Would you be surprised that Gil has not a negative word to say about Goenka? I student asked what he thought, and he simply said sincerely, "Oh, yes, very good for concentration!" and left it at that! Classic Gil, huh?

[@PhilosophicalStorytime]

An addendum.
Two things Fronsdal said:
-) Once you get rid [or "resolve"] the problem of suffering, everything else just kinda sorts itself out.
-) For many years - like when I was living in the monastery - I would meditate many hours a day.
These days, what I do is... I stop for suffering. If I sense - hold on a minute, something is wrong... I'm suffering - I stop and meditate ten, fifteen minutes, until I sort it out. Of course, depending on the context - if everyone's waiting on the car for me to go someplace, it wouldn't make sense to get out my cushion and sit. That wouldn't really make sense. But, generally, that's what I do... Stop for suffering, and address it.
This gives me hope, and is basically what I'm banking on. The practice - on and off the cushion - will mature until I reach a point - realistically, in this lifetime - in which I'm genuinely ok the vast majority of the time... And whenever I'm not, I have the tools to pause and deal with it right there.

[@petracoldmountain8394]

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