Six Perfections – Session 1
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 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.

. Our Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This teaching is the first session in a series of teachings on Seven-Point Mind Training. The teaching took place on March 8,2017 at our center in Carbondale, CO. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a…

In this Session, spiritual director John Bruna illuminates the practice of purifying negative karma. He unpacks the 4 opponent powers of Regret, Reliance, Remedial action, and Resolve and gives a variety of meaningful and practical methods for engaging with this powerful practice.

John Bruna continues to teach on the precious practices of a Bodhisattva which are the six perfections nourished by the motivation of Bodhicitta. He speaks about the perfection of concentration and how the six perfections interplay with each other.

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna. Topic: Eightfold Path in Daily Life – Session One. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was on December 3, 2014. The teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to…

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…

During this session, John discusses the question, “What does it mean to be a Buddhist?” This teaching also continues the discussion of Point 5 within the Seven Point Mind Training. Point 5 is the measure of having trained the mind.