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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John Bruna begins a series of talks on the Six Perfections or Paramitas: Generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. With Bodhicitta, these are the practices of a Bodhisattva.
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…
Seven Point Mind Training – Session 31
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. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a…
How to Practice – Session 2
John Bruna continues to provide commentary on the text ‘How to Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John touches on the topic of contentment.
The Six Perfections – Session 8
John Bruna continues to teach on the precious practices of a Bodhisattva which are the six perfections nourished by the motivation of Bodhicitta. He speaks about the perfection of concentration and how the six perfections interplay with each other.
How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: Disadvantages of Delusions
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna speaks about the disadvantages of delusions and helps us understand how delusions give rise to destructive emotions. He offers finely tuned clarification about afflictive emotions and how we can recognize these emotions as valid experience while maintaining the understanding that they lead to harmful behaviors for ourselves and…
