Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature: The Seven Forms of Arrogance

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna begins commentary on a new text. This text is “Foundation of Buddhist Practice” and is composed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. In this first section, John unpacks the portion of the text that is focused on the Four Seals which are a framework…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna discusses the subject of Bodhicitta, also known as Great Compassion in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a dharma talk on the antidotes to attachment by thoroughly illustrating how we misperceive the source of our happiness in the things and people that are outside of ourselves, and create the causes for suffering by pursuing these things that can never offer us lasting happiness.

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers clarifying guidance on how we can relate with malice and other forms of ill will in a healthy way. He describes the destructive nature of anger and shares some practical guidance on how we can allow anger to arise and feel it without impulsively reacting to and…

  John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion, offers continued guidance on the text “The Four Noble Truths” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John illustrates the relationship between Karma and Klesha (mental afflictions) and how our actions of body, speech, and mind plant seeds for our future experiences. John…

Our Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma regular Wednesday teaching facilitated by John Bruna. The date of this teaching on compassion took place on November 30, 2016 at our center in Carbondale, CO. The teachings are always offered freely. If you would like to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to support the teachings, please click on…