How to Practice – Session 1

In this Session, spiritual director John Bruna illuminates the practice of purifying negative karma. He unpacks the 4 opponent powers of Regret, Reliance, Remedial action, and Resolve and gives a variety of meaningful and practical methods for engaging with this powerful practice.

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. This is the 31st session in a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. The topic is the Six Perfections, this session is on concentration. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a teaching on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by discussing a few analytical meditations and how we can integrate and engage with them in our active lives. He first lays a framework of understanding the different scopes of practice by describing 4 different intentions that…

  John Bruna is the spiritual director and main teacher of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center. His ability to translate the Buddhist Dharma to a western mind with practicality, wisdom, and humor brings the practice of Dharma into daily life. In this session, John continues teaching on the Lam Rim and specifically on the…