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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John Bruna dives into the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John adds commentary on the practice of calm abiding / Shamatha meditation.
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Lamrim: Stages of the Path to Enlightenment – Session 6
Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna. This is the sixth session of a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. In this session John covers the topic of the Precious Human Rebirth. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in…
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Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma teaching facilitated by John Bruna. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was on August 24, 2016. The teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to support the teachings, please…
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Foundations of Buddhist Practice: Varieties of Meditation
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna discusses three different types of meditation as discussed in the book “Foundations of Buddhist Practice” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John describes how we can practice objective wisdom meditations, mind transforming subjective meditations, and touches lightly on visualization meditations.
