Ep. 246 - Gil Fronsdal on Practicing in Accord with Nature

About this episode

Gil Fronsdal discusses the importance of practicing in accord with nature and mindfulness to alleviate suffering.

Gil Fronsdal explores practicing in accord with nature, showing how mindfulness and honesty help us release resistance and move with the natural flow of the Dharma. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal lectures on: Being in accord with the dharma, with truth, and with nature The painful attitudes that we often bring to change Accepting our feelings rather than pushing them away How resistance to reality causes more suffering  Mindfulness: creating the ideal conditions for the natural process of healing Floating down the stream of Dharma rather than struggling up a mountain Studying nature rather than rushing into conclusions Becoming an observer of our own lives with child-like openness and adult-like resolve About Gil Fronsdal: Gil Fronsdal is the co-teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California; he has been teaching since 1990. He has practiced Zen and Vipassana in the U.S. and Asia since 1975. He was a Theravada monk in Burma in 1985, and in 1989 began training with Jack Kornfield to be a…

People in this episode

Guest: Gil Fronsdal

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• nature
• Dharma
• acceptance
• healing
• self-observation

Keywords

• mindfulness
• Dharma
• Gil Fronsdal
• nature
• healing
• acceptance
• self-observation

Sponsors

BetterHelp

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Insight Meditation Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, San Francisco Zen Center, Berkeley Zen Center

More episodes of Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast

• Ep. 258- The Five Things That Lead to Awakening with Trudy Goodman · June 5, 2026 · 59 min
• Ep. 257 - Knowing, Sensing, Relaxing: Guided Meditation with Gil Fronsdal · May 29, 2026 · 18 min
• Ep. 256 - The Ever-Changing Nature of Identity with Coral Short & Vincent Moore · May 20, 2026 · 50 min
• Ep. 255 - Fierce Grace and the Many Faces of God, Satsang with Ram Dass and Friends Pt. 2 · May 15, 2026 · 43 min
• Ep. 254 - CALM with Trudy Goodman · May 7, 2026 · 50 min
• Ep. 253 - Metta for Self and Others with Gil Fronsdal · May 1, 2026 · 28 min