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Way of Compassion Dharma Center
Traditional Buddhist teachings that are practical and relevant for everyday life in the modern world.
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 35 - Gradual Liberation by way of Wisdom
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna teaches how we can engage with the teachings on Emptiness in a practical and transformative way. He describes…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - January 6th, 2025
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - January 4th, 2025
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - January 2nd, 2025
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - January 3rd, 2025
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 34 - The 5 Pathways of the Mind
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives commentary on the stages of practice leading to liberation with a focus on mindfully engaging in wholesome…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 31st, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 30, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna for December 28, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 25th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 26th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 24th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 23rd, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 21st, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 20th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 18th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 17th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 16th, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. These motivations are taken from the…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna for December 14, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. #johnbruna #wayofcompassion…
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Morning Motivation with John Bruna - December 13, 2024
John Bruna explores the advice of Lama Tsongkhapa each morning to provide an inspiring motivation to engage in the day. #johnbruna #wayofcompassion…
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 33 - The Three Higher Trainings
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers a comprehensive talk on the three higher trainings of Tibetan Buddhism, describing the interplay of…
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 32 - The Gradual Process of Freedom
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna highlights a variety of ways that we create our own suffering through our misperceived reality. He offers…
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 31 - Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom During the Election
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers a compassionate post-election perspective that encourages us to see the real enemy as mental afflictions…
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 30 - Three Types of Genuine Happiness
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues to clarify the nuances of three types of genuine happiness as described in the book, "Samsara…
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 29 - Seeking Genuine Peace and Happiness
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna hosts an engaging teaching and discussion on seeking genuine peace and happiness. He expands on the three higher…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 28 - Antidotes to Self-Criticism and Discouragement
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a powerful talk on cultivating the antidotes to a form of laziness that manifests as discouragement and…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 27 - Antidotes to Laziness
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna goes into depth about practices and analytical meditations designed to undermine the three types of laziness. He…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 26 - Three Types of Laziness
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna illuminates the three types of laziness that are obstacles to our flourishing in dharma practice. He not only…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 25 - Invigorating a Dry Dharma Practice
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers commentary on invigorating a dry dharma practice by maintaining a balance of being responsible for our…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 24 - Relating with Our Feelings
In this session, John gives a dharma talk on the Buddhist notion of feelings which are the pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feelings that occur in relation…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 23 - 12 Links of Dependent Origination
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna explains the 12 links of dependent origination, which is a Buddhist model of understanding the cycle of…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 22 - Misperception
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna begins a series of teachings that will give an in-depth view of the 12 links of dependent origination. He spends…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 21 - Question and Answer Session
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives a recap of the refuge and bodhicitta verse that was discussed over the past two weeks. He then takes time…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 20 - The Six Perfections
In this episode, Spiritual Director John Bruna talks about the path of a bodhisattva as the six perfections of generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 19 - Taking Refuge in the Truth
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers an in-depth perspective of the Buddhist notion of taking refuge. He describes how we are taking refuge in…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 18 - The Medicine of Buddha Dharma
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna digs into the heart of the Buddha’s teachings on the removal of all suffering. He intertwines commentary on…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 17 - Auxiliary Afflictions
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna goes to the very heart of awakening by giving an in-depth discussion on root and auxiliary mental afflictions…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 16 - The Three Marks of Existence
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers a clarifying discussion about the three marks of existence. He describes practical ways to engage with…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 15 - The Seven Forms of Arrogance
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna discusses various forms of arrogance and shows how these mental factors are harmful to ourselves and others. He…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 14 - The Mental Affliction of Anger
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives an in-depth teaching on the root affliction of anger. He describes the Buddhist view of anger as a very…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 13 - Aspiration Versus Affliction
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives a very helpful teaching to clarify the differences and grey areas of aspiration versus attachment. He…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 12 - The Six Root Afflictions
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the text "Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 11 - The True Origins of Dissatisfaction
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives a commentary on the true origins of dukkha or dissatisfaction. John talks about how our habits, driven by…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 10 - Four Attributes of True Cessation
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives a teaching on the four attributes of the Third Noble Truth: true cessation. By using this model of…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 09 - Four Attributes of the Second Noble Truth
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives a teaching on the 4 attributes of the Second Noble Truth, as presented in the text “Samsara, Nirvana, and…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 08 - Summary of the First Noble Truth
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues teaching on the 16 attributes of the Four Noble Truths, as presented in the text “Samsara, Nirvana…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 07 - Four Attributes of the First Noble Truth Continued
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues teaching on the 16 attributes of the Four Noble Truths, as presented in the Text “Samsara, Nirvana…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 06 - Four Attributes of the First Noble Truth
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna begins teaching on the 16 attributes of the Four Noble Truths, as presented in the Text “Samsara, Nirvana, and…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 05 - Methods for Eliminating Suffering
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna speaks on 4 different methods of cessation as presented in the text “Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature" by His…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 04 - Suffering and The Path to Cessation
In this session, The Way of Compassion Dharma Center spiritual director John Bruna, continues his commentary on the text "Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature"…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 03 - The Nature of the Four Truths
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna takes us deeper into the Buddhist truth of Duhkha or suffering, and the true causes of suffering that all…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 02 - The Four Truths
In this session, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, John Bruna, goes right to the heart of the Buddha's first teaching on the four…
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Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature 01 - Exploring the Self
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna begins his commentary on a new text that was written as a collaborative effort by His Holiness the Dalai Lama…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 20 - Benefits of Contemplating Karma
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives clear guidance on how to engage with the Buddhist teachings on karma, or actions and their consequences…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 19 - Characteristics of Karma Pt.2
In this episode, John gives clear guidance on how to engage with the Buddhist teachings on Karma. He specifically talks about 2 characteristics of Karma…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 18 - Characteristics of Karma
In this session, John Bruna unpacks the commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron on the characteristics of Karma. John takes…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 17 - Law of Karma
In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the teachings of the law of karma which are presented in the book "Foundations of…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 16 - Karma
In this session, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, John Bruna, gives clear instructions on how to relate to karma in a helpful and…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 15 - Nature of Mind
In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues to offer commentary on the text, "Foundations of Buddhist Practice" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice 14 - Causes and Conditions for Enlightenment
In this session, the spiritual director of the Way of Compassion Dharma Center, John Bruna, offers commentary on the primary causes and secondary conditions…