Seven Point Mind Training – Point 6 – The Pledges

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a teaching on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by discussing a few analytical meditations and how we can integrate and engage with them in our active lives. He first lays a framework of understanding the different scopes of practice by describing 4 different intentions that…

  John Bruna, of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to guide and offer commentary on the Lam Rim Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. Lam Rim is the graduated stages on the path to Enlightenment. In this session, John speaks about Karma and the conditions of attaining a precious human rebirth.

John Bruna dives into the text ‘How To Practice’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this session, John adds commentary on the practice of calm abiding / Shamatha meditation.

In this session, John Bruna continues to teach from the text “Approaching Buddhism” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. John offers a variety of accurate perspectives that act as antidotes to our mentally afflicted states. He also speaks about how important context and integration are for our rituals, meditation practices, and…