by Sangha Institute | Sep 14, 2020 | Gregory Kramer News, Gregory Kramer Teachings, Whole-Life Path
A Personal Note from Gregory Kramer In early 2018, I finally returned to my desk after two years of grueling treatment for two cancers. My doctor had estimated that my multiple myeloma would recur sometime in the next two years and would most likely be terminal. ...
by Sangha Institute | Apr 16, 2020 | Gregory Kramer News, Gregory Kramer Teachings
We are all touched by death and disruption now. All of us have had to let go of plans, to find ways of being with uncertainty. Welcome to the world of one who has cancer. Cancers #1 and #2 launched me into years of pain, sequential radical procedures, and more...
by Sangha Institute | Mar 14, 2019 | Gregory Kramer Teachings, Relational Dharma, Video
(and why this matters to our living Dhamma path) The early Buddhist vision of the arahat ideal is sometimes taken to imply that individual awakening is the sole aim of the Path whereas the later Buddhist vision of the bodhisattva ideal centers on the liberation of all...
by Sangha Institute | Jan 13, 2019 | Gregory Kramer Teachings, Insight Dialogue
After nearly two decades offering the Insight Dialogue guideline Trust Emergence, I decided in May 2018 to change the name of this guideline to Attune to Emergence. I had long been concerned by how often practitioners misunderstood my use of the word “trust.” For...
by Sangha Institute | May 30, 2018 | Gregory Kramer Teachings, Relational Dharma
Throughout our lives we have calmed and been calmed by others: by mother and friend, by therapist, priest or teacher. Throughout our lives, we have been guided by others to stay on track: to follow conversations, play games, complete tasks. We calm each other in love....