How To Practice – Session 24

  John Bruna is the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center. His teachings bring joy and clarity to the teachings of the Buddha. In this session, John continues to offer commentary and guidance on the Lam Rim teachings and specifically the topic of taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. John…

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 expands upon the 4th point at the time of death. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure, tax-deductible…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives an in-depth teaching on the root affliction of anger. He describes the Buddhist view of anger as a very destructive mental state for ourselves and how it also leads to harmful behaviors toward others. John finishes this session by encouraging us all to practice patience which is…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives commentary on the second seal of Buddhism. He describes how we experience unsatisfactoriness in life due to karma and mental afflictions. John also discusses how misperception leads to attachment and aversion which turns the wheel of suffering.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a dharma talk on the antidotes to attachment by thoroughly illustrating how we misperceive the source of our happiness in the things and people that are outside of ourselves, and create the causes for suffering by pursuing these things that can never offer us lasting happiness.

  John Bruna is the spiritual director and teacher at the Way of Compassion Dharma Center. John continues the commentary and unpacking of the wisdom section of the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalia Lama. This session begins on chapter 9 of the text.