How To Practice – Session 17
John Bruna dives into the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John adds commentary on the practice of calm abiding / Shamatha meditation.
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How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: Deluded Doubt
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Eightfold Path in Daily Life – Session 5
Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna. Topic: Eightfold Path in Daily Life – Session Five. In this session John (Chophel) Bruna covers Right Effort. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was on January 14, 2015. The teachings…
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John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, continues to provide guidance and commentary on the Four Noble Truths. In this session, John dives more deeply into the first nobles truth and the 10 non-virtues.
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John Bruna, of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues the discussion of the Lam Rim teachings within Tibetan Buddhism. These teachings are the graduated stages on the path to Enlightenment. In this session, John teaches about the final of the preparatory practices and then moves into the first topic of analytical meditation, the…
Foundations of Buddhist Practice: Varieties of Meditation
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna discusses three different types of meditation as discussed in the book “Foundations of Buddhist Practice” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John describes how we can practice objective wisdom meditations, mind transforming subjective meditations, and touches lightly on visualization meditations.