Right Effort
John Bruna continues to teach and guide through the Eightfold Noble Path. He moves through Right Livelihood and Right Effort in this teaching.
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Foundation of Buddhist Practice: The Two Truths
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna illuminates important distinctions between conventional reality and ultimate reality known as the “Two Truths”. He describes these two truths in detail and shows how they are not separate thus steering us away from a nihilistic view and towards the middle way view of dependent origination.
How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: The Suffering of Self-Centeredness
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by Kathleen Mcdonald. The focus of this talk is on how self-centeredness is a basis of our suffering and how recognizing the interdependent nature of our lives leads us closer to liberation.
How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: A Meaningful Death
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna discusses what it means to have a meaningful death. He includes a description of the 8 phases of dissolution as taught in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and also describes his personal experience of attending to his teacher Geshe Gyeltsen’s transition and some of the signs of high accomplishment…
The Six Perfections – Session 9
John Bruna moves into the Perfection of Wisdom in this Dharma discussion. We begin with wisdom and end with wisdom on this path. The Six Perfections are the practices of generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. With Bodhicitta as a motivation, these are the practices of a Bodhisattva.
Lam Rim Teachings: Scopes of practice
John Bruna and the Way of Compassion Dharma Center are delighted to be offering a series of traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the Lam Rim also known as the ‘Graduated Stages on the Path to Enlightenment’. In this session, John offers commentary on different stages of practice and motivations. Specifically, John speaks about dying…
How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: Subtle Impermanence
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a talk on subtle impermanence. He talks about how bringing this aspect of reality into our daily thoughts and meditation can help us become an active participant in our own becoming as we are changing all the time.
