How To Practice – Session 19
John Bruna continues with commentary on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John starts to unpack the wisdom chapter of the text examining how beings and things exist.
John Bruna continues with commentary on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John starts to unpack the wisdom chapter of the text examining how beings and things exist.
John Bruna continues the discussion on the Three Principle Aspects of the Path: Renunciation, Bodhicitta, and Wisdom. These three aspects are the wish for freedom, the altruistic intention to be of ultimate benefit to others, and the wisdom realizing emptiness. These three were laid forth by the wise and compassionate Je Tsongkhapa (1357 – 1419)….
The Way of Compassion Dharma Center is focused on the foundations of Buddhist Practice. Though our primary lineage is Tibetan Buddhism, we offer teachings that nurture the foundational aspects of the Buddhist path. In this session, John Bruna continues to teach on the Lam Rim (Graduated Stages on the Path to Enlightenment) and the…
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna discusses how to structure a meditation session to have it be an effective practice that can transform our Dharma practice into the entirety of our life.
John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues his commentary on the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. In this session, John unpacks the Four Truths of the Aryas which are commonly known as the Four Noble Truths.
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a recap of the refuge and bodhicitta verse that was discussed over the past two weeks. He then takes time to answer a variety of questions from the sangha.
John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, teaches about the spread of Buddhism throughout the world and the cultural overlays that blend with Buddhism as it manifests in different countries. He speaks about the importance of how the Buddha taught to different mind streams of different sentient beings but always…