Max Erdstein teaches at the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. He is trained as a Dharma teacher by Gil Fronsdal and received Dharma Entrustment as a Zen teacher in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi from Sojun Mel Weitsman and Gil Fronsdal.
Max has practiced Buddhist meditation for more than 25 years, training in America, Japan, Thailand, and Burma. He completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Dharma teacher training program and trained in Buddhist chaplaincy with the Sati Center. With Gil he taught the first weeklong retreat at IRC in November 2012. Max holds an AB degree from Stanford and worked at Google for five years.
Max Erdstein teaches at the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. He is trained as a Dharma teacher by Gil Fronsdal and received Dharma Entrustment as a Zen teacher in the...Read more
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| Talk on Wednesday | Max Erdstein | 2025.03.10 | -- | -- 2025.03.10 |
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| Morning Instructions: Body and Breath | Max Erdstein | 2023.10.31 | 45:15 | 45:15 2023.10.31 |
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| Conversation about Insight | Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver | 2022.11.05 | 44:10 | 44:10 2022.11.05 |
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| Guided Meditation: Keeping Close to Your Heart | Max Erdstein | 2022.11.05 | 37:56 | 37:56 2022.11.05 |
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| Whole Presence Samadhi | Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver | 2022.11.04 | 50:17 | 50:17 2022.11.04 |
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| Saying Yes to Life | Max Erdstein | 2020.10.14 | 1:01:03 | 1:01:03 2020.10.14 |
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| Who is responsible for my suffering? (IRC Wed Mini-retreat) | Max Erdstein | 2020.07.01 | 27:51 | 27:51 2020.07.01 |
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| Journey through the Hindrances | Max Erdstein | 2019.02.17 | 55:45 | 55:45 2019.02.17 |
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| A Life of the Dharma | Max Erdstein | 2018.11.17 | 1:02:57 | 1:02:57 2018.11.17 |
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| Guided Meditation on Concentration | Max Erdstein | 2018.11.16 | 41:19 | 41:19 2018.11.16 |
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| The Faculty of Concentration | Max Erdstein | 2018.11.15 | 52:58 | 52:58 2018.11.15 |
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| Guided Meditation on Emotions | Max Erdstein | 2018.11.14 | 59:11 | 59:11 2018.11.14 |
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| The Faculty of Energy | Max Erdstein | 2018.11.13 | 1:01:40 | 1:01:40 2018.11.13 |
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| Guided Meditation on Breathing | Max Erdstein | 2018.11.12 | 47:12 | 47:12 2018.11.12 |
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| Thank You For Your Effort | Max Erdstein | 2018.10.20 | 42:11 | 42:11 2018.10.20 |
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| Guided Meditation Instructions | Max Erdstein | 2017.11.18 | 38:20 | 38:20 2017.11.18 |
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| Guided Meditation Instructions | Max Erdstein | 2017.11.17 | 46:42 | 46:42 2017.11.17 |
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| Factors of Awakening: Joy | Max Erdstein | 2017.11.15 | 37:57 | 37:57 2017.11.15 |
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| Guided Instruction: Breathing and Body | Max Erdstein | 2017.11.14 | 59:56 | 59:56 2017.11.14 |
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| Morning instructions - body and breath | Max Erdstein | 2017.05.27 | 49:58 | 49:58 2017.05.27 |
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| Impermanence | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.05 | 43:01 | 43:01 2016.11.05 |
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| Instructions: Mindfulness of Body | Max Erdstein | 2016.11.04 | 56:12 | 56:12 2016.11.04 |
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| Morning instructions - Emotions and Non-Doing | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.09 | 48:32 | 48:32 2016.10.09 |
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| Waking Up, Giving Up, Growing Up | Max Erdstein | 2016.10.08 | 54:06 | 54:06 2016.10.08 |
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| Clinging and Vedana | Max Erdstein | 2015.05.15 | 50:36 | 50:36 2015.05.15 |
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