Sunday Sangha 2025–2026: Returning to A Whole Life Path
September 7, 2025 - May 3, 2026
online
The 2025-2026 Sunday Sangha sessions will revisit the Whole Life Path—Gregory Kramer's practical and relational approach to the Noble Eightfold Path.
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Introduction to Insight Dialogue: Grounding in the Guidelines
April 6 - 27, 2026
online
Join us for four weeks to explore the six guidelines Insight Dialogue guidelines through a combination of guidance, silent meditation, contemplation, and breakout sessions. Through experiential learning your understanding of this transformative practice will deepen.
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From One, To Two, To Many: The Dharma-Power of Specific Relationships
April 12, 2026
Online
Join Gregory for this Sangha Live Sunday Session. Specific relationships are each a nexus of power in the larger human system. The naturally intense energies and tendencies of the mind are not only amplified and their potency for action accelerated, but specific relationships also function as a vector for proliferation…
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NIVARANA – Los Cinco Obstáculos
April 12 - May 24, 2026
Una mirada desde el Dhamma relacional Los cinco obstáculos son conocidos en la filosofía budista como una de las enseñanzas clave para quienes inician el camino de la meditación. Al navegar por los suttas, notamos cómo el Buda vuelve una y otra vez a los obstáculos como una invitación a…
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Art and Soul: Anicca
April 12, 2026
online
The 2025-2026 theme for practice will be the Three Characteristics, also known as the "Three Marks of Existence": impermanence (anicca), suffering or dissatisfaction (dukkha), and not-self or selflessness (anatta).
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Introduction to Insight Dialogue for the Asian Diaspora
April 14 - May 19, 2026
online
We will learn the six guidelines of Insight Dialogue. The guidelines as meditative tools, along with the Buddha’s wisdom teachings (dhamma) and the relational support of mindfulness and compassion (sangha), will help us slow down and contemplate what it means to show up as Asian.
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Holding the Unbearable Together
April 27, 2026
Online
An Insight Dialogue Circle for Our Times for Members of IDC Teaching Community and Teams There are moments in history when the weight of the world is not abstract. It lives in our bodies, in our breath, in the quiet pauses between words. Wars, genocide,violence, injustice, displacement and the fractures…
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Fierce Equanimity: Relational Practice in Difficult Times
May 2, 2026
online
When life’s difficulties seem overwhelming, we may have a reflex to turn into ourselves and away from the world. But the Buddha taught that true refuge is not in hiding, but in courageously being with whatever is happening, to see clearly the Dhamma of arising and passing away. And we…
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Art and Soul: Mother’s Day
May 10, 2026
online
The 2025-2026 theme for practice will be the Three Characteristics, also known as the "Three Marks of Existence": impermanence (anicca), suffering or dissatisfaction (dukkha), and not-self or selflessness (anatta).
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Meditating in Relationship: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue
May 14 - June 4, 2026
online
How do we grow compassion in these relentlessly challenging times? Interpersonal relationships can be a source of stress and conflict. They can also be a profound resource for waking up to living healthy, connected lives. Insight Dialogue is a Buddhist-based interpersonal meditation practice that brings the power of meditative awareness…
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Courageous Wisdom for These Times: Refuge, Relationship & Response
May 29 - July 3, 2026
online
In a time when numbing can look like calm, distancing can masquerade as wisdom, and overwhelm is often close at hand, this course invites us to cultivate the ground needed to stay awake —to suffering, to each other, and to what is being asked of us in these times. Grounded…
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Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific Group: A Whole-Life Path
June 3 - August 19, 2026
online
“The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path provides a wiser way through life than any offered by our conditioning. It’s an intentional path through life’s tangle. And intention is necessary. Any change for the good must face the momentum that made things as they are now. Old habits run deep within us;…
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Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific Group: A Whole-Life Path
October 7 - December 16, 2026
online
“The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path provides a wiser way through life than any offered by our conditioning. It’s an intentional path through life’s tangle. And intention is necessary. Any change for the good must face the momentum that made things as they are now. Old habits run deep within us;…
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Ongoing Practice Groups
Monday Weekly Drop-in Sessions
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
Drop-in sessions are Monday, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Americas eastern time. These sessions are open to anyone with prior silent meditation practice experience and prior Insight Dialogue practice experience (e.g., participation in an Insight Dialogue retreat or introductory Insight Dialogue course). You may join this drop-in group once, occasionally,…
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Monday: London, England, and Beyond
Open Dates
Online
Our Insight Dialogue group meets monthly on Mondays via Zoom (UK time). We also run occasional day-long and weekend retreats in person in London.
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Tuesday/ Dienstag (Jeden 2 und 4 im Monat)
Open Dates
online via Zoom
Einsichtsdialog für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene – offene fortlaufende Online-Gruppe Mit Bhante Sukhacitto, Renate Löseke, Harald Tichy
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Wednesday: Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific (IDAP)
Open Dates
online
Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific offers an online study and practice series which meets twice a month on Wednesday morning (Asia/Aust/NZ) or Tuesday afternoon (Americas). This group is based in Australia. The 2026 theme will be the Whole-Life Path - this is in celebration of the 5th anniversary of Gregory Kramer's…
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Wednesday Weekly Practice Group
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
Every Wednesday practice group with Jane Cutler and guest teachers and facilitators, UK time 7pm – 8.30pm, Central European 8pm - 9:30pm, Americas Eastern 2pm – 3:30pm, Americas Pacific 11 am -12:30pm.
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Wednesday: 八正道-慧談線上修習
Open Dates
Online
This online drop-in group meets weekly on Wednesday, 8-9:30 pm Chinese standard time/ 8-9:30 am Americas eastern time. Practice in Mandarin and Cantonese is facilitated by Jessica Mui. Organized by Hong Kong Insight.
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Wednesday/Thursday: Prática de Diálogo Consciente Semanal em Português
Open Dates
online
The Gota do Dharma, Dhamma Drop, was created in 2020, during the pandemic, and has become a community of practitioners committed to self-development through practice and growth within an online community. It fosters mutual support and the building of trusting connections that allow us to experientially learn the teachings of…
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Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient
Open Dates
En ligne et en direct sur Zoom.
Notre intention est de former une communauté autour de la pratique du dialogue conscient, dédiée au chemin d'une vie remplie de douceur et de sagesse, en relation avec les autres et avec le monde dont nous faisons partie.
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Thursday, third: Dharma Contemplation
Open Dates
online
Jan Surrey and Marsha Lawson offer a Dharma Contemplation relational practice on third Thursdays from 7:15 - 8:45 pm Americas Eastern Time (Boston). The practice of Dharma Contemplation provides would-be readers of the Buddhist suttas with an accessible doorway into this rich vein of wisdom through relational practice with these…
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Thursday Bi-Weekly Practice
Open Dates
online via Zoom
Bi-weekly on Thursdays, 8:00 - 9:30 pm Chinese standard time/ 7:00 - 8:30 am Americas Eastern Standard Time. Organized by Hong Kong Insight.
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Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe mensuel de pratique de Dialogue Conscient en français
Open Dates
Online via ZOOM
Notre groupe de pratique de Dialogue Conscient se rencontre environ une fois par mois, généralement de 19h00 à 21h15 (CET). Nous organisons parfois des journées ou des weekends non résidentiels. Ces sessions de pratique de Dialogue Conscient sont proposées par Alexandre Castanheira et Sandrine Rauter, facilitateurs de Dialogue Conscient.
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Thursday Weekly Practice Group
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
Two Thursday practice sessions are available, from 6:00 am-7:30 am Americas eastern time and 9:00 am - 10:30 am Americas eastern time. These are for experienced Insight Dialogue practitioners.
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Thursday Weekly Drop-in Sessions
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
Drop-in sessions are Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 pm ET. Drop-in sessions are open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice. You may join once or every week; it's up to you.
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Friday, last of month: Liberation with spiritual friends in the daily life
Open Dates
online
and Cindy Lafontaine and Catarina Mak Come practice with spiritual friends, allowing for the Dhamma to come alive, supporting the conditions for freedom to unfold in the here and now. Together, we explore how the Dhamma illuminates our daily experiences—whether in our work, family relationships, or community interactions. In this…
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Friday, Monthly Insight Dialogue Practice in Dutch
Open Dates
online via zoom
A monthly practice with the Dutch Insight Dialogue Practice group. Every 2nd Friday morning of each month at 9.00-11.00 am CEST of each month (7.30-9.00 pm CEST) you are welcome for online ID practice. The sessions will be guided by Riët Aarsse, Simin Abravesh, Joyce Curnan, Marieke Duijvestijn, Nynke Humalda…
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Friday, 2nd and 4th, Practice Group
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
This drop-in practice session meets the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 11:00 am-12:30 pm Americas Eastern Time. It is open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice.
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Saturday, third: Dhamma Contemplation
Open Dates
online
Dhamma Contemplation on the third Saturday of each month. Compatible with Americas and Asia time zones.
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Sunday, Monthly: Beyond the Mask: An Insight Dialogue-based Deconstruction of Dominant Masculinity
Open Dates
online
Like us, you may have noticed how our gender conditioning can cause harmful consequences, how inhabiting masculinity in different ways brings discomfort, and how there is freedom that is available in a masculinity unhinged from its dominant characteristics. These, and many other shared experiences of our masculine conditioning, will be…
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Sunday/ Los últimos domingo del mes: Sesión mensual de la práctica de Diálogo Consciente
Open Dates
online
también: Ana Arrabe y Mathieu Karady Encuentros que liberan: Meditando en diálogo con los poemas de las primeras mujeres libres Este nuevo ciclo del Grupo Mensual de Práctica de Diálogo Consciente, en español, estará inspirado en los poemas antiguos de las primeras monjas budistas que despertaron hace 2500 años. En…
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Sunday Weekly Drop-in Sessions
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
Drop-in sessions are Sundays from 10:30 am-12:00 pm Americas Eastern Time. Drop-in sessions are open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice. You may join once or every week; it's up to you.
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Virtual Dhamma Hall
Open Dates
Online via Zoom
“Here, gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, they sit down; having folded their legs crosswise, set their body erect, and establish mindfulness in front of them, mindful they breathe in, mindful they breathe out.” (Satipatthana, using the gender expansive pronoun…
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Insight Dialogue Sangha for BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority
Open Dates
online
Please join us on select Mondays to cultivate a space to learn, share, and deepen in this relational practice of meditation. This is a group meant for people who self-identify as BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority. Together we will explore the teachings of the Buddha using Insight Dialogue guidelines. We will cultivate internal…
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