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

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

Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. John is currently teaching the text, Seven-Point Mind Training by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje. In this session, John continues teaching on the Seventh Point, The Practices of Training the Mind. This is the final teaching on this text. Our teachings are always offered…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna brings clarity and important distinctions regarding the Eight Worldly Dharmas. He guides us to understand and recognize these Worldly Dharmas in our lives and gives clarity on how we can be sure that when these arise we can practice in a way that leads to liberation.

Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 18th session in a series of teachings by John Bruna on Seven-Point Mind Training hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, CO USA. This teaching continues on the third point, using unfavorable circumstances as aids to…

In this session, John Bruna continues to teach from the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John offers a variety of accurate perspectives that act as antidotes to our mentally afflicted states. He also speaks about how important context and integration are for our rituals, meditation practices, and…

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 –…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers commentary and closing remarks of the text “The Four Noble Truths” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. John speaks about the importance and transformation that can occur by deeply understanding and practicing the 4 noble truths. He also speaks in specific about the…