Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature: The Seven Forms of Arrogance
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a teaching on the seven forms of arrogance.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a teaching on the seven forms of arrogance.

Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This session is on the Four Practices in the third point of mind training. The teaching took place on August 30, 2017 at our center in Carbondale, CO. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure,…

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 episode, spiritual director John Bruna teaches how we can engage with the teachings on Emptiness in a practical and transformative way. He describes various strategies for focusing on reality-based living that will lead to less suffering in our experience. John’s guidance is rooted in the buddhist teachings on Nirvana by way of the…

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, discusses emotions from modern psychological and Buddhist perspectives . He discusses how emotions can be helpful and even save our lives. On the other hand, emotions rooted in exaggeration and projection can be quite harmful to ourselves and others. John offers clear examples…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a clarifying commentary on the benefits of Ethics in our lives and specifically on the path to Enlightenment. He describes how ethics paves the way for deeper states of concentration and eventual realization of emptiness that will free us from Samsara.

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 continues teaching on the Seventh Point, The Practices of Training the Mind. This is the final teaching on this text. Our teachings are always offered…