About
Gil Fronsdal is a Theravada Buddhist teacher and guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. He trained in both the Soto Zen and Vipassana traditions, receiving dharma transmission in the Soto Zen lineage and completing extensive retreat practice in the Theravada tradition in Burma. He holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from Stanford University. His teaching style is known for being clear, warm, and grounded, making classical Buddhist teachings accessible to Western practitioners. He is the translator of 'The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic.'