# Ep. 249 - The Strength to Continue with Gil Fronsdal

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Published: 2026-04-01T16:40:00+00:00
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Drawing on the wisdom of The Four Resolves, Gil Fronsdal discusses finding our own inner strength to remain committed to the path of practice.  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 week on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal illuminates: Gil’s own introduction to Vipassana practice  How sickness, old age, and death motivated the Buddha Spiritual support and determination at Zen monasteries  Why cultivating your own inner resolve is one of the greatest challenges on retreat The Four Resolves of Buddhism: truth, wisdom, generosity, peace How Vipassana practice is dependent on allowing the truth to reveal itself Discovering truth in the smallest moments through mindful awareness How everyday mindfulness builds the resilience needed for life’s most challenging moments Letting our hearts be generous and stepping out of self-preoccupation Surfing the ways of life without drowning: becoming one with the ocean This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed 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 Vipassana teacher. Gil teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where he is part of its Teachers Council. Gil was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He currently serves on the SF Zen Center Elders’ Council. In 2011, he founded IMC’s Insight Retreat Cent…

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