{"podcast":{"title":"The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford","slug":"the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833","podcast_index_feed_id":7277833,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford/","website_url":"https://ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/52e38d09-b4cd-41d8-a6b7-fd566a3eb305/np-gBCCvz5nL5vN-z39dAmCf.png","author":"The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford","episode_count":17,"summary":"The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford podcast features faculty, graduate students, visiting speakers, and alumni in conversation with Miles Osgood and Leah Chase on the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. Interviews are intended to be both academic and accessible: topics range from scholarly publications and insights to personal journeys and reflections. Interview videos are posted on YouTube, @thehocenterforbuddhiststudies. For more information about our events, speakers, and research, visit buddhiststudies.stanford.edu.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T14:17:19.238572+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833"},"episode":{"title":"Travelogue: Gil Fronsdal and the Insight Meditation Center","slug":"travelogue-gil-fronsdal-and-the-insight-meditation-center","published_at":"2025-12-01T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833/travelogue-gil-fronsdal-and-the-insight-meditation-center","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833","url":"https://ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/1b9673d4-6f73-47d5-8494-29350905af2d.mp3","summary":"Gil Fronsdal talks about studying in Buddhist monasteries from Big Sur to Bangkok, founding the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, and creating an integrated Buddhist world culture through the practice of vipassana meditation. Gil Fronsdal is the founding teacher and a co-guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He has been teaching since 1990. Gil was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982 and at Theravada monk in Burma in 1985. Gil also has a PhD in Buddhist Studies from Stanford University. Interview by Leah Chase","meta_description":"Gil Fronsdal talks about studying in Buddhist monasteries from Big Sur to Bangkok, founding the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, and creating an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1705,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833/episodes/travelogue-gil-fronsdal-and-the-insight-meditation-center/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833/travelogue-gil-fronsdal-and-the-insight-meditation-center.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}