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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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51:32

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 27 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/09/16

In this episode, 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. This episode was recorded on July 16th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Compassion Dharma c...

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50:37

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 26 - People...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/09/05

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the text, "How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path". He explores the topic of how other people are mirrors, showing us our own mental afflictions. John skillfully guides us to understand that our interactions and perceptions of others are actually showing us our own mind. This episode was recorded on July 9th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Co...

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51:39

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 25 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/08/18

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna gives a dharma teaching on the importance of reflecting on karma and clarifies many misconceptions that arise from the complex web of actions and their consequences. He folds in an important dynamic of how mental afflictions and karma interrelate and how we can make wise decisions about our actions in response to the events of life. This episode was recorded on July 2nd, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located ...

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65:34

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 24 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/08/12

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by offering guidance on the antidotes to anger. He helps us come to a clear understanding about the common misconceptions of justified anger based on the Buddhist understanding of anger as one of the three root poisons that harm ourselves and others. This episode was recorded on June 25th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbo...

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46:24

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 23 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/08/07

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna speaks about the disadvantages of delusions and helps us understand how delusions give rise to destructive emotions. He offers finely tuned clarification about afflictive emotions and how we can recognize these emotions as valid experiences while maintaining the understanding that they lead to harmful behaviors for ourselves and others. This episode was recorded on June 18th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located i...

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39:14

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 22 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/08/04

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues to offer his commentary on the text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by discussing deluded doubt, which is one of the six root mental afflictions. He distinguishes between having an inquisitive mind and a healthy sense of skepticism, versus being close-minded and maintaining a false presumption of knowledge. This episode was recorded on June 11th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbon...

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46:23

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 21 - Arrogance

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/07/21

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues to offer his commentary on the text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by discussing arrogance, which is one of the six root mental afflictions. The group considers various ways arrogance can separate us from others and lead to suffering, and the important distinction is made between genuine self-worth and deluded arrogance or pride. This episode was recorded on June 4th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Pod...

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29:28

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 20 - Anger

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/07/09

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues to offer his commentary on the text “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by discussing anger; one of the three root mental afflictions. He reviews common scenarios in which anger arises, distinguishing between primary causes and secondary conditions so that we may work to dismantle the causes of anger in ourselves over time. This episode was recorded on May 28th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Locat...

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52:17

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 19 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/07/01

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna offers a clarifying talk that centers around one of the root mental afflictions described in Tibetan Buddhism. He helps us identify and understand the mental affliction of attachment so we can work to slowly undermine its presence in our mind stream. John encourages us to practice appreciating the nice people and things in our lives while recognizing the truth that they are not the source of our happiness. What matters most is how we engage with ...

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47:42

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 18 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/06/26

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna discusses the deepest roots of suffering. He talks about how the views we hold of ourselves are out of alignment with the way that we actually exist, and this leads to a suffering experience dominated by mental afflictions. John offers a variety of practical ways to unravel the mental afflictions in our minds, inching us closer to the realization of Emptiness and Enlightenment. This episode was recorded on May 14th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Co...

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56:48

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 17 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/06/12

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna continues his guidance of the Path to Awakening through a discussion of the 8 different types of suffering. These analytical meditations are an important step on the journey of cultivating renunciation and truly appreciating the joys in one's life, knowing that they will all come to an end one day. This episode was recorded on May 7th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Compas...

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56:34

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 16 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/05/28

In this episode, 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 lie at the root of a Dharma practitioner’s motivation. This episode was recorded on April 30th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Loc...

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59:01

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 15 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/05/21

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna illuminates the practice of purifying negative karma. He unpacks the 4 opponent powers of Regret, Reliance, Remedial Action, and Resolve and gives a variety of meaningful and practical methods for engaging with this powerful practice. This episode was recorded on April 23rd, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Compassion Dharma center's primary objective is to provide programs ...

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45:15

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 12 - Refuge...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/05/19

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna helps us understand what it means to take refuge in the teachings of the awakened ones. He talks about how what we are really taking refuge in is the Dharma, which are teachings that ultimately lead us to know reality as it is. John distills the journey to Enlightenment, showing how it is all about seeking the truth, which leads to the cessation of suffering. This episode was recorded on April 2nd, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Ce...

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58:35

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 13 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/05/14

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives guidance on understanding actions and their consequences, known as Karma. In the Buddhist worldview, Karma is an underlying natural law of reality that is complex and difficult to know. John offers a clear and simple framework for understanding karma and the 4 aspects that provide the framework for how our actions create the reality we experience. This episode was recorded on April 16th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center ...

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57:01

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 12 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/05/06

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna continues his commentary on the Text, “How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path” by Kathleen McDonald. John lays a foundation for his teaching on the 4 fundamental general characteristics of Karma and covers the first of these characteristics. He offers a helpful inroad to the reality of actions and their consequences that can meet us where we are at, regardless of if we have confidence in rebirth. This episode was recorded on April 9th, 2025. W...

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62:57

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 11 -...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/04/28

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna gives a talk about the Buddhist view of Samsara and the true causes of suffering. Upon this foundation, he then speaks about how to correctly understand what taking refuge in the Buddha’s teachings and practices actually means. This episode was recorded on March 26th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Compassion Dharma center's primary objective is to provide programs of Budd...

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63:07

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 10 - Karma

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/04/03

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna unpacks the complicated Buddhist understanding of Karma. His practical approach gives us an easy entrance into engaging with these teachings and clears away many obstacles that our Western minds create around actions and their consequences. We are left with a sense of empowerment to engage in healthy actions that transform how we experience the world. This episode was recorded on March 19th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Po...

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47:00

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 09 - Subtle...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/03/31

In this session, spiritual director John Bruna offers a talk on subtle impermanence. He talks about how bringing this aspect of reality into our daily thoughts and meditation can help us become an active participant in our own becoming as we are changing all the time. This episode was recorded on March 12th, 2025. Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Compassion Dharma center's primary objective is to provide programs of Bud...

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61:36

How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path 08 - Dying...

Way of Compassion Dharma Center ·

2025/03/20

In this episode, spiritual director John Bruna discusses an important topic about how to engage in the dying process with more peace. He covers three specific points of a death meditation that can help us loosen the strings of attachment to our friends, family, possessions and body. John describes how these analytical meditations can prepare us to die with peace and ease, leading to higher potentials of a favorable transition. This episode was recorded on March 5th, 2025. Welcome to th...

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