Gregory Kramer

Gregory Kramer is the Founding Teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community and has been teaching insight meditation since 1980. He developed the practice of Insight Dialogue and has been teaching it since 1995, offering retreats in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. He has studied with esteemed teachers, including Anagarika Dhammadina, Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thero, Achan Sobin Namto, and Ven. Punnaji Maha Thero. Gregory is the author of A Whole Life Path: A Layperson’s Guide to a Dhamma-infused Life (Insight Dialogue Community); Insight Dialogue: The Interpersonal Path to Freedom (Shambhala); Seeding the Heart: Practicing Lovingkindness with Children; Meditating Together, Speaking from Silence: The Practice of Insight Dialogue; and Dharma Contemplation: Meditating Together with Wisdom Texts. For additional information about Gregory’s teachings, please visit his website.

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Upcoming Programs by Gregory Kramer

Mindful Inside and Out: The Buddha’s Radical Relational Teaching

June 21, 2025
We can engage the power of relationships – of spiritual friends – to amplify and sustain mindfulness. When the power of mindfulness ripens, the calm and receptive presence of another can make insight into not-self accessible rather than scary, a natural result of de-centering the self.

Experiencing the Relational Dharma in Insight Dialogue

October 27 - November 5, 2025

Human beings are fully relational just as they are individual. Because the Dharma addresses the human experience of suffering and freedom, it, too, must be both fully relational and individual. This program will be an exploration of our living experience of the individual and relational manifestations of Dharma teachings on suffering and freedom, insight, the […]

The Relational Multiplier and The Need for Dhamma

December 14, 2025
Engaged with awareness and guided by wisdom, our relationships become a source of insight and liberation and strengthens our path. The Dhamma gives us the understanding to direct this relational power wisely. And this very power helps us realize the fullness of the Dhamma. In our time together, we will explore how this relational power can amplify and sustain meditative qualities.