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Aug 2022
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Ep. 112 - Letting Go & Picking Up with G...

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Gil Fronsdal returns to the BHNN Guest Podcast to discuss letting go, the truth, and the retreat experience.

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“I have been (on retreats) reduced to falling on my knees as the truth has seeped in gradually, dawned on me, or hit me over the head with a sledge-hammer” – Gil Fronsdal 


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