Seven Point Mind Training – Point 6 – The Pledges

  John Bruna is the spiritual director and main teacher of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center. His ability to translate the Buddhist Dharma to a western mind with practicality, wisdom, and humor brings the practice of Dharma into daily life. In this session, John continues teaching on the Lam Rim and specifically on the…

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.

Way of Compassion Foundation Dharma Talk facilitated by John Bruna. This is the 26th session in a series of teachings on the Lamrim, Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. The topic far-reaching attitude of generosity. The Dharma teachings are hosted by the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in Carbondale, Colorado. The date of this teaching was…

  John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to offer guidance and clarity on the “Four Noble Truths” text by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John discusses the root causes of suffering and focuses in on Karma and Kleshas. Kleshas are mental afflictions that take our…

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna talks about how bodhicitta is the foundation of the Mahayana path of Buddhism. He spends time during this teaching speaking about the benefits of great compassion that engages in actions to free all sentient beings from samsara.