Zen & Insight
Gil Fronsdal
Ordained Sōtō Zen priest and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center, bridging Zen training with the Insight Meditation movement.
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Insight Retreat
A week-long silent insight meditation retreat co-led by Gil Fronsdal and Liên Shutt at Insight Retreat Center; registration opens September 24, 2026.
“I touched a stillness and silence inside me at a depth I had never accessed in Zen, and I felt an almost biological urge to touch it again.”Gil Fronsdal
Teacher
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Path
The wider context.
Insight Meditation
The modern Insight movement that brought Theravada meditation practice to lay audiences in the West, largely independent of monastic robes and ritual forms.
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Santa Cruz, California, United States
Insight Retreat Center
1906 Glen Canyon Rd
Santa Cruz, California, United States