Foundations of Buddhist Practice: The Benefits of Contemplating Karma

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna speaks about the relationship between ethics, concentration, and wisdom within the Buddhist context of the three higher trainings. He spends much of this session helping us understand how to begin to view things as they really exist without undermining the valid view of our conventional reality.

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, unpacks a section of text from the book “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. John discusses the Buddhist understanding that the body and mind are not the same and that the brain is not the mind. He…

  John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, continues to provide guidance and commentary on the Four Noble Truths. In this session, John dives more deeply into the first nobles truth and the 10 non-virtues.

  John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to offer guidance and commentary on the Lam Rim teachings found within Tibetan Buddhism. In this session, John offers commentary on the intermediate scope of practice, and specifically the Three Higher Trainings.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna begins the new year with a new text titled “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by Kathleen McDonald. John describes the benefit of this style of Lam Rim text and gives guidance on how we can effectively engage with these teachings from week to week….

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. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a…