Way of Compassion Dharma Center

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues his commentary on the text "Approaching Buddhism" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. In…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues to offer commentary and guidance on the text "Approaching Buddhism" by Venerable Thubten Chödron and His Holiness the …

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna expands on the Buddhist view of the mind, continuity of consciousness, and rebirth. Following Buddhist logic and reasoning, John guides the exploration …

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna, speaks about the primacy of mind in Buddhism, and discusses in depth the relative nature of mind. He speaks about the mind as the illuminating and know…

 John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues commentary on the initial section of the text "Approaching Buddhism" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thu…

John Bruna, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers commentary on the book "Approaching Buddhism" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chödron. In this s…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, begins a new series of teachings on Approaching Buddhism. This series is based on the text composed by His Holiness the Dalai La…

John Bruna, Spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, continues his commentary on compassion. John speaks about the many ways that compassion shows up in our lives and offers valuabl…

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday by unpacking a talk he gave on compassion. John speaks about the urgency for us to apply these teachin…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, comments on a public talk given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. John begins by encouraging the study and practice of the Three P…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers commentary and closing remarks of the text "The Four Noble Truths" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. John speaks about the …

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, offers commentary and guidance on the Vajrayana path as described in the final section of the text "The Four Noble Truths" by His H…

John Bruna, Spiritual Director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, offers practical guidance on the six perfections of generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. John…

Spiritual director John Bruna discusses foundational aspects of the Mahayana Path including renunciation and great compassion. He shares practical methods for cultivating stable equanimity that acts …

John Bruna, Spiritual Director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, continues to offer commentary and guidance on the text "The Four Noble Truths" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  In this session, Jo…

John Bruna, Spiritual director of the Way of Compassion foundation continues to offer commentary and guidance on the text "The Four Noble Truths" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  In this session, Joh…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Foundation, offers final commentary on the second noble truth, highlighting the primary causes and secondary causes (conditions) for mental aff…

John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion, continues to offer commentary and guidance on the Second Noble Truth the true causes of suffering. John talks about the relationship between k…

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 relationsh…

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers an introduction to the laws of causality called karma, and mental afflictions called kleshas. He speaks specifically about the affliction of conc…