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This web site invites inquiry into early Buddhism, especially the relational or interpersonal practices and potentials found in the Pali suttas, along with corollaries of those early practices in contemporary life and practice.
Such inquiry inevitably involves some engagement with scholarship, but by intention it is also personal, ad hoc, and a bit haphazard—reflecting the opportunities, teachings, and experiences that come to me. Read more about this project.
upaddha sutta:
Ānanda went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, Ānanda said to the Blessed One, "This is half of the holy life, lord: admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie."
"Don't say that, Ānanda. Don't say that. Admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie is actually the whole of the holy life."
—Upaḍḍha ("Half") Sutta, SN 45.2
- Read more about Upaḍḍha Sutta on this website; or read a translation of the entire sutta on accesstoinsight.org.
Tag: Dharma Contemplation
Reading the Suttas with Dharma Contemplation
On five Tuesdays in April and May (2013) I led Dharma Contemplation for a group of seven meditators, reading passages from the Pali suttas. Continue reading
Dharma Contemplation Now Available as E-book
Greg Kramer’s book Dharma Contemplation: Meditating Together With Wisdom Texts (Orcas, WA: Metta, 2011) is now available for e-readers in EPub and Mobi formats! Continue reading
Dharma Contemplation for Interfaith Dialogue
My friend Liz and I led a series of interfaith dialogues this spring, using the protocol of Greg Kramer’s Dharma Contemplation and reading texts from a variety of world religions. Continue reading
Experiment Using Dharma Contemplation: First Series
Eight participants (including myself) met in my small apartment on six Tuesday evenings in September and October (2012) for an experiment in Dharma Contemplation.
Experiment Using Dharma Contemplation: Planning
I’ve begun an experiment: facilitating group dialogic meditation using a text—using Greg Kramer’s Dharma Contemplation method—and doing so primarily as a way of conveying certain meditative skills.