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.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna illuminates important distinctions between conventional reality and ultimate reality known as the “Two Truths”. He describes these two truths in detail and shows how they are not separate thus steering us away from a nihilistic view and towards the middle way view of dependent origination.

The Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s spiritual director, John Bruna, engages in conversation and guidance around cultivating a good state of mind. John begins by answering questions about karma and the realms of existence as described from the Buddhist perspective. He then unpacks the teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues to comment on the Text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by offering clear guidance and commentary on the Six factors that cause delusions to arise.

Our Way of Compassion Dharma Center’s regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. This teaching is the 10th session in a series of teachings on Seven-Point Mind Training. The teaching took place on May 10, 2017 at our center in Carbondale, CO. Our teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues teaching about anger. He offers commentary on different perspectives of anger and how the different paths in Buddhism approach this emotion in a variety of ways. John brings in the wisdom of dependent origination as a powerful antidote to our habitual tendency to point outward at the…

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk 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 November 18, 2015. The teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to support the teachings, please…