Lam Rim: Intermediate stage and the 12 links of dependent origination

John Bruna continues to teach and offer commentary in this the 4th session on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session John unpacks ethical discipline and the avoidance of the 10 non-virtues.

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

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, comments on a public talk given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. John begins by encouraging the study and practice of the Three Principle Aspects of the path. He unpacks His Holiness’s comments that we all have the inborn right to be happy and…

Spiritual director John Bruna offers commentary and clarity on how we can evaluate our practice in a realistic way and gives useful tools for us to make sustainable progress on the path.

John Bruna moves into the Perfection of Wisdom in this Dharma discussion. We begin with wisdom and end with wisdom on this path. The Six Perfections are the practices of generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. With Bodhicitta as a motivation, these are the practices of a Bodhisattva.

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…