# Ep. 267 - Nourishment, Challenge and Change with Gil Fronsdal Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-here-now-network-guest-podcast-768073/ep-267-nourishment-challenge-and-change-with-gil-fronsdal Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-here-now-network-guest-podcast-768073/ep-267-nourishment-challenge-and-change-with-gil-fronsdal.md Podcast: [Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-here-now-network-guest-podcast-768073) Published: 2026-08-07T15:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/de14f8de-cb2e-4be5-904a-a428c8d98954.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/de14f8de-cb2e-4be5-904a-a428c8d98954.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/be-here-now-network-guest-podcast-768073/episodes/ep-267-nourishment-challenge-and-change-with-gil-fronsdal Duration seconds: 3132 ## Resource Gil Fronsdal explores how Vipassana practice helps us embrace change and release attachment, transforming the way we experience ourselves and the world. 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 shares: Change as the heart of Vipassana practice Delusions of permanence and having an ‘upside down’ perception of reality The freedom in holding things more lightly  The juxtaposition of perfection with room for improvement  Breaking down our attachment to the way things are supposed to be  Being challenged in the dharma and questioning our identity  Individual culture versus collective culture  Watching thoughts arise and pass away The problem with retrospective thinking  This recording 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 Center . He is the author of The Issue at Hand , essays on mindfulness practice; A Monastery Within ; a book on the five hindrances called Unhindered ; and the translator of The Dhammapada ,… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/be-here-now-network-guest-podcast-768073/episodes/ep-267-nourishment-challenge-and-change-with-gil-fronsdal/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-here-now-network-guest-podcast-768073/ep-267-nourishment-challenge-and-change-with-gil-fronsdal.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.