Right Effort

Spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, John Bruna, gives a commentary on the origins of duhkha or dissatisfaction based on a section of text from the book “Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John talks about how our habits driven by misperception can…

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives his final Dharma talk of 2024 and concludes his commentary on the book Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John expands on the Buddhist teaching that our ultimate nature is pure and how that purity is covered over…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna begins a series of teachings that will give an in-depth view of the 12 links of dependent origination. He spends this session talking about the first link, defined as ignorance or misperception, that is specifically an inaccurate way of perceiving ourselves as independent and inherently existent.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives his last dharma talk from the text, “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path”. In this final session, he continues to offer commentary on the wisdom aspect of Buddhism that aims to eliminate the roots of suffering.

Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This teaching is the 12th session in a series of teachings on Seven-Point Mind Training.  The teaching includes the practice of tonglen and took place on May 24, 2017 at our center in Carbondale, CO. Our teachings are always offered freely. If…

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John Bruna. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was on December 30, 2015. The teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to support the teachings, please…