Approaching Buddhism: Making Progress on the Path
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.
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature: Suffering and the Path to Cessation
In this session, The Way of Compassion Dharma Center spiritual director John Bruna, continues his commentary on the Text Samsara, Nirvana, and BuddhaNature with a discussion on the Buddhist view of Duhkha which is translated as suffering. He offers practical advice on engaging with a path that leads to the removal of this suffering by…
How To Practice – Session 14
John Bruna continues to give guidance and commentary on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During this session, John talks specifically about taking refuge and cultivating Bodhicitta. He gives a short overview of the paths of Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism with a focus on the motivations of the different…
How To Practice – Session 3
John Bruna offers commentary and teachings on the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In this session, John moves into the Second Noble Truth.
Seven-Point Mind Training – Session 18
Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 18th session in a series of teachings by John Bruna on Seven-Point Mind Training hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, CO USA. This teaching continues on the third point, using unfavorable circumstances as aids to…
Lam Rim Teachings: Qualities of a teacher
John Bruna, of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues the discussion of the Lam Rim teachings within Tibetan Buddhism. These teachings are the graduated stages on the path to Enlightenment. In this session, John teaches about the final of the preparatory practices and then moves into the first topic of analytical meditation, the…
Approaching Buddhism: Analytical Meditation and Great Compassion
John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion, continues his commentary on the text Approaching Buddhism by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. John is known for clearly translating the Dharma into practical and accessible teachings for individuals with a western mind. In this session, John offers clarity on analytical…
