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....
by Sangha Institute | Dec 18, 2017 | Gregory Kramer Teachings, Relational Dharma, Video
Here’s Gregory’s November 19, 2017 Teaching with Worldwide Insight Gregory offers a teaching with the Worldwide Insight Community. He begins with a meditation and then offers a talk about the Five Tenets of a Whole Life Path. Many long for a way to...
by Sangha Institute | Dec 11, 2017 | Aggregates, Relational Dharma, Video
Gregory offered a series of Dhamma talks on the Five Aggregates earlier this year, leading off with a guided meditation on the first aggregate which some practitioners found to be especially beneficial. He has since been asked to expand on that Dhamma talk and to...
by Sangha Institute | Jul 29, 2017 | Dependent Origination, Gregory Kramer Teachings, Video
Last summer, Gregory offered a series of Insight Dialogue-based teachings to Metta Programs‘ Guiding Sangha, staff, and core volunteers on dependent origination (paticca samuppāda) understood in a relational context. The series can be found on the Dependent...
