How to Practice – Session 1

  John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, continues to provide guidance and commentary on the Four Noble Truths. In this session, John dives more deeply into the first nobles truth and the 10 non-virtues.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna speaks on 4 different methods of cessation as presented in the Text “Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. Additionally, John talks about the 5 hindrances and how they obstruct our progress on the path to awakening.

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 topic of the teachings is the role of meditation in the context of the Three Higher Trainings. The date of this teaching was on April 13, 2016. The teachings…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a clarifying talk that centers around one of the root mental afflictions described in Tibetan Buddhism. He helps us identify and understand the mental affliction of attachment so we can work to slowly undermine its presence in our mind stream. John encourages us to practice appreciating the…

  John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, continues to offer commentary and guidance on the Lam Rim teachings found in the Tibetan Buddhist lineages. In this week’s session, John speaks continues to offer commentary on the 10 non-virtues within the small scope of practice.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers an in-depth perspective of the Buddhist notion of taking refuge. He describes how we are taking refuge in the truth and the supportive structures that allow us to nurture a path of increasing clarity and living in accordance with “the way things are”.