How To Practice – Session 19

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to give commentary on the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John discusses the roots of Buddhism by giving a history of the Buddha’s life and teachings. He discusses the importance and interrelationship between different lineages…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a talk on how Impermanence is a remedy for attachment. He offers practical practices we can engage in to take the sting out of the pain caused by attachment without developing feelings of dissociation or disconnection.

  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.

John Bruna begins teaching and commentary on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During this session, John offers an introduction to the text and focuses in on the topic of the suffering of change.

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 27th session in a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. The topic far-reaching attitude of ethics. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was…

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…