How To Practice – Session 7

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna deepens his commentary on the Eight Worldly Dharmas by focusing in on Gain and Loss. He offers a wise and gentle approach to investigating our own behaviors to see how much of our time is spent trying to get what we want. John reminds us that getting what…

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues his commentary on the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. In this session, John unpacks the Four Truths of the Aryas which are commonly known as the Four Noble Truths.

Spiritual director John Bruna discusses foundational aspects of the Mahayana Path including renunciation and great compassion. He shares practical methods for cultivating stable equanimity that acts as the momentum towards Bodhicitta. John finishes the discussion with a clear description of the two accumulations of spiritual merit and wisdom.

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 22nd session in a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. The topic is the seven point cause and effect method for cultivating bodhcitta. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado….

  The Way of Compassion Dharma Center seeks to provide authentic teachings of the Buddhist Dharma in a practical and accessible way. John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion, continues to offer guidance and commentary on the Lam Rim Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. This session is a continuation of the discussion of Karma…