How To Practice – Session 7
In this session, John continues in the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. John spends some time expanding on ethical discipline and speaks about the importance of finding a qualified teacher.
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Three Principal Aspects of the Path – Session 2
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 –…
Eightfold Path in Daily Life – Session 6
Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna. Topic: Eightfold Path in Daily Life – Session Six. In this session John (Chophel) Bruna covers Right Mindfulness. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was on January 21, 2015. The teachings…
How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: Bodhichitta
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna comes to the culminating phase of the seven-point cause and result for cultivating bodhichitta. This seventh and final point, which is developing the motivation of bodhichitta, is the result of the previous 6 points that were covered in detail over the past several dharma talks. Bodhichitta is the…
How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: The Suffering of Self-Centeredness
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by Kathleen Mcdonald. The focus of this talk is on how self-centeredness is a basis of our suffering and how recognizing the interdependent nature of our lives leads us closer to liberation.
The Five Paths
Our Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. The date of this teaching on the five paths took place on December 14, 2016 at our center in Carbondale, CO. The teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to support the teachings, please…
Foundation of Buddhist Practice: Gaining Nondeceptive Knowledge
John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, unpacks the Buddhist wisdom of evident objects, obscured objects, and very obscured objects. He gives practical guidance on how we can relate to these philosophical teachings wherever we might be on the path to awakening.
