How To Practice – Session 11

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna discusses the different aspects of fear and anger as mentally afflictive states and wisdom. He offers clarity and guidance on the tendency to exaggerate situations as an important aspect of identifying afflictive fear and anger. John also gives practical guidance on how to respond to the events of…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna begins a series of teachings that will give an in-depth view of the 12 links of dependent origination. He spends this session talking about the first link, defined as ignorance or misperception, that is specifically an inaccurate way of perceiving ourselves as independent and inherently existent.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a teaching on the third and fourth seal of Buddhism. He gives clarity on the wisdom that realizes all phenomena as “selfless” and lacking inherent identity. John discusses how the misperception of our self as being inherently existent leads to anger and attachment. These three together are…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to offer commentary and guidance on the text “Approaching Buddhism” by Venerable Thubten Chödron and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John gives clarity of what Buddhism understands as the self. Following reasoning and discerning wisdom, John describes the process of…

  John Bruna is the spiritual director and main teacher at the Way of Compassion Dharma Center. At the request of students, John la is providing in-depth teachings of the Lam Rim within Tibetan Buddhism. This session continues the discussion of the preparatory practices that one does before and during meditation sessions. Specifically, there is…

  John Bruna, of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues commentary and guidance on the Lam Rim teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. In this session, John goes into depth on the cultivation of Bodhicitta using the method of 7 point cause and effect.