How To Practice – Session 19

In this episode, John begins his commentary on a new text that was written as a collaborative effort by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John offers helpful ways to understand the Buddhist view on the Self by investigating these two questions: Does the self exist and is there a beginning to…

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 30th session in a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. The topic is the Six Perfections, this session is on concentration. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, begins a new series of teachings on Approaching Buddhism. This series is based on the text composed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a teaching on the 4 attributes of the Second Noble Truth, as presented in the text “Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature,” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John discusses the various ways ignorance, craving and karma create suffering in our lives. He emphasizes…

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers a teaching on the different scopes of practice as discussed in Tibetan Buddhism.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives guidance on understanding actions and their consequences, known as Karma. In the Buddhist worldview, Karma is an underlying natural law of reality that is complex and difficult to know. John offers a clear and simple framework for understanding karma and the 4 aspects that provide the framework…