Sati Center for Buddhist Studies

Several times a year Gil Fronsdal offers a 5 or 6 week instructional series for beginning meditators. These classes provide a good overview of insight meditation practice as well as many guided meditation sessions which help the student learn how to establish and sustain a daily meditation practice.

This course is also available in:

• Chinese:
  • A similar course by Ying Chen is available in Mandarin Chinese.
  • recordings and transcripts of Gil's 2007 course in Chinese
• Spanish:
  • A similar course by Andrea Castillo is available in Spanish.
  • Transcripts of this course in Spanish

For further instruction, see the Intermediate Mindfulness series.

Wednesday Evening Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation 2024

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2024.01.31	1:33:07	1:33:07 2024.01.31
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Body	Gil Fronsdal	2024.02.07	1:13:20	1:13:20 2024.02.07
Intro to Mindfulness Meditation - Emotions	Gil Fronsdal	2024.02.14	1:39:26	1:39:26 2024.02.14
Intro to Mindfulness - Thinking	Gil Fronsdal	2024.02.21	1:31:32	1:31:32 2024.02.21
Wednesday Evening Introduction to Meditation - with Wisdom	Gil Fronsdal	2024.02.28	1:27:28	1:27:28 2024.02.28

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (series used in the 2021 online course)

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (1 of 9): Mindfulness of Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2020.03.30	58:15	58:15 2020.03.30
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (2 of 9): Mindfulness of Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2020.03.31	58:47	58:47 2020.03.31
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (3 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.01	54:25	54:25 2020.04.01
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (4 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.02	59:39	59:39 2020.04.02
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (5 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.03	1:02:45	1:02:45 2020.04.03
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (6 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.06	57:12	57:12 2020.04.06
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (7 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.07	1:02:14	1:02:14 2020.04.07
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (8 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.08	1:09:41	1:09:41 2020.04.08
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (9 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020.04.09	1:14:12	1:14:12 2020.04.09

Foundations of Mindfulness

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 1 - Intro	Gil Fronsdal	2019.01.07	43:59	43:59 2019.01.07
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 2 - Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2019.01.21	47:09	47:09 2019.01.21
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 3 - Refrain	Gil Fronsdal	2019.02.04	45:06	45:06 2019.02.04
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 4 - Mindfulness of Posture and Activities	Gil Fronsdal	2019.02.11	43:02	43:02 2019.02.11
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 5 - Mindfulness of Body Parts	Gil Fronsdal	2019.02.18	40:46	40:46 2019.02.18
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 6 - The Four Elements	Gil Fronsdal	2019.03.04	42:36	42:36 2019.03.04
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 7 - Contemplating Death	Gil Fronsdal	2019.03.18	40:17	40:17 2019.03.18
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 8 - Mindfulness of Feeling Tones	Gil Fronsdal	2019.03.25	45:21	45:21 2019.03.25
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 9 - Mindfulness of Mind	Gil Fronsdal	2019.04.08	46:03	46:03 2019.04.08
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 10 - The Five Hindrances	Gil Fronsdal	2019.04.15	42:12	42:12 2019.04.15
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 11 - Five Aggregates	Gil Fronsdal	2019.04.22	40:29	40:29 2019.04.22
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 12 - The Six Sense Spheres	Gil Fronsdal	2019.05.06	43:59	43:59 2019.05.06
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 13 - The Seven Factors of Awakening	Gil Fronsdal	2019.05.20	44:10	44:10 2019.05.20
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 14 - Constant Change	Gil Fronsdal	2019.05.27	43:38	43:38 2019.05.27
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 15 - Mindfulness and Liberation	Gil Fronsdal	2019.06.03	49:11	49:11 2019.06.03

Introduction to Meditation (Talks for online course prior to 2020)

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Introduction to Meditation - Breath (Part 1)	Gil Fronsdal	2007.10.03	1:11:57	1:11:57 2007.10.03
Introduction to Meditation - Body (Part 2)	Gil Fronsdal	2007.10.10	1:21:27	1:21:27 2007.10.10
Introduction to Meditation - Emotions (Part 3)	Gil Fronsdal	2007.10.17	1:23:29	1:23:29 2007.10.17
Introduction to Meditation - Thinking (Part 4)	Gil Fronsdal	2008.01.30	1:25:40	1:25:40 2008.01.30
Introduction to Meditation - Mind (Part 5)	Gil Fronsdal	2008.10.29	1:25:47	1:25:47 2008.10.29
Introduction to Meditation - Daily Life (Part 6)	Gil Fronsdal	2008.02.13	1:35:00	1:35:00 2008.02.13

Meditation Instructions

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Brief Instructions for Sitting Meditation	No Teacher	2001.01.01	05:14	05:14 2001.01.01
Instructions for Walking Meditation	No Teacher	2001.01.01	06:47	06:47 2001.01.01
Mindfulness Meditation as a Buddhist Practice	No Teacher	2001.01.01	06:16	06:16 2001.01.01

Other Meditation Instructions

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation	Gil Fronsdal	2005.10.02	44:12	44:12 2005.10.02
Mental Noting	Gil Fronsdal	2008.07.20	46:16	46:16 2008.07.20
Guided Body Scan	Gil Fronsdal	2003.07.17	25:05	25:05 2003.07.17
Guided Metta	Gil Fronsdal	2001.09.06	28:04	28:04 2001.09.06

Other Meditation Instructions

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date	Actions
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation	Gil Fronsdal	2005.10.02	44:12	44:12 2005.10.02
Mental Noting	Gil Fronsdal	2008.07.20	46:16	46:16 2008.07.20
Guided Body Scan	Gil Fronsdal	2003.07.17	25:05	25:05 2003.07.17
Guided Metta	Gil Fronsdal	2001.09.06	28:04	28:04 2001.09.06