How to Practice – Session 2

John Bruna, the Spiritual Director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, provides practical guidance and methods to cultivate constructive actions. He speaks about how we can strengthen our ability to engage in actions with compassion and wisdom through familiarity. John also points out how our own self-critical attitude is a manifestation of our mental…

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.

John Bruna, Spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers practical and powerful guidance on Buddhist mind training. He describes how our suffering doesn’t so much come from the events of life, but rather from how we relate to the events in our lives. John introduces many ways that we can cultivate the…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues commentary on the initial section of the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. John describes how the path, rooted in the Four Noble Truths, requires a discerning mind that is open to ideas that challenge our…

John Bruna provides commentary on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is session 10 in the series.