Many lay Buddhists struggle to carry the benefits of their studies and meditation practice into their twenty-first-century lives. How might our daily experience of both life and the Buddha's teachings shift if there were no separation between them? In A Whole-Life Path, Gregory Kramer invites us to see the noise, complexity, and challenges of today's world as doorways to fully embodied Dhamma wisdom. Drawing on decades of meditation, study, and teaching, he explores the essence of each factor of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. He then looks at modern life with fresh eyes, calling out the myriad opportunities it offers to put all the Buddha's teachings into practice--individually, relationally, and socially. More than 50 experiential practices allow us to test his guidance--right here, right now. Anywhere the Buddha's teaching meets our unique life circumstances, our whole-life path is born anew. With A Whole-Life Path as a starting point and touchstone, our lives and our spiritual path can become one.
A Whole-Life Path: A Lay Buddhist's Guide to Crafting a Dhamma-Infused Life, Gregory Kramer, Insight Dialogue Community, Paperback, 422 pp, $21.95
Gregory Kramer teaches, writes, and is the founding teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community. His primary focuses are sharing a relational understanding of the Dhamma and teaching Insight Dialogue, an interpersonal form of Buddhist insight meditation. He has been teaching worldwide since 1980.
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CONTENTS: Whole-Life Path
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Author's Note
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ix
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CHAPTER 1
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The Need for a Whole-Life Path
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1
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CHAPTER 2
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Six Tenets for a Whole-Life Path
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9
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CHAPTER 3
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Preparing for and Assessing a Whole-Life Path
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21
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CHAPTER 4
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Right View: Samma Dittthi
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39
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CHAPTER 5
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Right Intention: Samma Sankappa
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69
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CHAPTER 6
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Right Speech: Samma Vaca
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103
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CHAPTER 7
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Right Action: Samma Kammanta
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135
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CHAPTER 8
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Right Livelihood: Samma Ajiva
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165
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CHAPTER 9
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Right Effort: Samma Vayama
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205
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CHAPTER 10
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Right Mindfulness: Samma Sati
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245
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CHAPTER 11
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Right Samadhi: Samma Samadhi
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291
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CHAPTER 12
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Crafting Your Whole-Life Path
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341
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APPENDIX
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Two Key Suttas
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355
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Notes
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359
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Resources
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369
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Acknowledgments
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373
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Index
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377
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About the Author
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395
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