How To Practice – Session 24

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna. This is the ninth session of a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. In this session John covers the topic of Refuge. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of…

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…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna engages us in a dharma talk focused on the hindrance of restlessness. He describes how our distracted minds are limiting the ability for us to engage in a meaningful life and how the more we can overcome restlessness, the more we can experience the mind’s natural state of…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna introduces a variety of graduated steps that will lead us to the great resolve of bodhicitta, in which one takes on the personal responsibility of removing the suffering of every sentient being. He invites us to keep this vision in our minds while offering practical practices that meet…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a teaching about becoming a qualified disciple so that our practice and teacher/disciple relationship will bear fruit. He speaks about how one needs to be unprejudiced, intelligent, and interested when listening to and studying the Buddha’s teachings. John also speaks about the need to be open-minded not…

John Bruna continues to teach and guide through the Eightfold Noble Path. He moves through Right Livelihood and Right Effort in this teaching.