How To Practice – Session 15

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.

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, unpacks the Buddhist wisdom of evident objects, obscured objects, and very obscured objects. He gives practical guidance on how we can relate to these philosophical teachings wherever we might be on the path to awakening.

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers a teaching and guidance on the fifth verse of the eight verses of mind training as taught in Tibetan Buddhism. Whenever others out of jealousy, mistreat me with abuse, slander, and so on, I will practice accepting defeat, and offering the victory…

  John Bruna offers commentary and guidance around the Lam Rim teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. The Lam Rim is systematized teachings known as the graduated stages on the path to Enlightenment. In this session, John covers the topic of precious human rebirth in the Small Scope of the path to awakening. Specifically, he speaks on…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to offer commentary and guidance on the text “Approaching Buddhism” by Venerable Thubten Chödron and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John gives clarity of what Buddhism understands as the self. Following reasoning and discerning wisdom, John describes the process of…