How to Practice – Session 2

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a Dharma talk on how we develop sustainably along the path of awakening. He discusses how steady effort and adopting a spacious view will serve us on the journey. John also discusses how we can engage with the worldview of multiple lives and continued consciousness at a…

  John Bruna continues to teach on the precious practices of a Bodhisattva which are the six perfections nourished by the motivation of Bodhicitta. He speaks about the perfection of concentration and how the six perfections interplay with each other.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives commentary on the stages of practice leading to liberation with a focus on mindfully engaging in wholesome actions in our daily lives. He talks about the essential practices of cultivating merit and purifying negativities which both clarify our minds and nurture the conditions for realizations to arise…

John Bruna continues the discussion on the Three Principle Aspects of the Path: Renunciation, Bodhicitta, and Wisdom. These three aspects are the wish for freedom, the altruistic intention to be of ultimate benefit to others, and the wisdom realizing emptiness. These three were laid forth by the wise and compassionate Je Tsongkhapa (1357 – 1419)….

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…