How To Practice – Session 10

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues teaching about anger. He offers commentary on different perspectives of anger and how the different paths in Buddhism approach this emotion in a variety of ways. John brings in the wisdom of dependent origination as a powerful antidote to our habitual tendency to point outward at the…

  John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, offers final commentary on the second noble truth highlighting the primary causes and secondary causes (conditions) for mental afflictions to arise. John also discusses the relationship between karma and consciousness as presented by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the text the 4 noble…

In this episode, John Bruna offers practical instruction on how to relate to the Buddhist view of Karma (actions and their consequences) in a healthy and practical way.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives an in-depth teaching on the root affliction of anger. He describes the Buddhist view of anger as a very destructive mental state for ourselves and how it also leads to harmful behaviors toward others. John finishes this session by encouraging us all to practice patience which is…

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his guidance of the Path to Awakening through a discussion of the 8 different types of suffering. These analytical meditations are an important step on the journey of cultivating renunciation and truly appreciating the joys in one’s life, knowing that they will all come to an end…

  John Bruna of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center leads teaching on the subject ‘What does it mean to be a Buddhist’? John spends time speaking on the 4 seals of a Buddhist Teaching during this talk, laying the foundation of what it means to be a Buddhist.