In this session, spiritual director John Bruna teaches us some valuable techniques for cultivating love. He suggests meditation methods that can aid in our cultivation of loving kindness for ourselves, our loved ones, strangers, and people who challenge us.
In this session, John gives a dharma talk on the Buddhist notion of feelings which are the pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feelings that occur in relation with physical stimulus or mental phenomena. Different than our modern understanding of emotions, this mode of feeling is an important link in the 12 links of dependent origination.
John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers commentary and guidance on the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John unpacks a section of text devoted to bodhicitta known in Tibetan Buddhism as the great compassion. He gives helpful advice on cultivating compassion…
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…
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 expands upon the 5th point, The Measure of Having Trained the Mind. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a…
John Bruna of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center offers a special commentary and celebratory teaching on the Wheel Turning Day. This day celebrates the Buddha’s first teaching on the 4 noble truths.
Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna. Topic: Eightfold Path in Daily Life – Session Six. In this session John (Chophel) Bruna covers Right Mindfulness. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was on January 21, 2015. The teachings…