Right Intention
John Bruna expresses the view of right intention based in renunciation, harmlessness, and goodwill. In this talk, John also describes the importance of Self Compassion in a Dharma practice.
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In this session, John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers a helpful modern perspective on the Eight Verses of Mind Training as presented in the Tibetan Buddhist lineages. He specifically speaks about how recognizing other sentient beings as precious for our journey to spiritual awakening. With the thought of…
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Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This teaching is the 8th session in a series of teachings on Seven-Point Mind Training. It is on the second point, Consider the World as Dreamlike, Part 2. The teaching took place on April 26, 2017 at our center in Carbondale, CO. Our…
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