The Six Perfections – Session 2

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 24th session in a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. The topic is equalizing and exchange self for others method of cultivating bodhcitta. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale,…

In this session, Spiritual Director John Bruna talks about the path of a bodhisattva as the six perfections of generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. He also translates these perfections into a variety of different practices that can meet us where we are right now regardless of our scope of motivation within the…

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…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a teaching about becoming a qualified disciple so that our practice and teacher/disciple relationship will bear fruit. He speaks about how one needs to be unprejudiced, intelligent, and interested when listening to and studying the Buddha’s teachings. John also speaks about the need to be open-minded not…

Spiritual director John Bruna offers commentary and clarity on how we can evaluate our practice in a realistic way and gives useful tools for us to make sustainable progress on the path.

  John Bruna, Spiritual director of the Way of Compassion foundation continues to offer commentary and guidance on the text “The Four Noble Truths” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John moves into the Third Noble Truth known as the truth of cessation.