Sharpening the Mind

Sharpening the Mind

By Daniel ScharpenburgReligion & SpiritualityBuddhism
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Sharpening the Mind episodes

  • Refuge
    “Bound, themselves, in the prison of samsara,
    Whom are the worldly gods able to protect?
    Therefore, it is the practice of the bodhisattvas
    To go for refuge in the three unfailing jewels.”
    -the 37 practices of a bodhisattva, verse 7
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    10 min
  • Spiritual Friend
    “When relying on the sacred spiritual friend, our faults become exhausted
    And our good qualities increase like the waxing moon.
    It is the practice of bodhisattvas to value such a sacred spiritual friend
    As more precious than their own body.”
    -The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, verse 6.
    What is a spiritual friend?
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    8 min
  • Company
    “If, while befriending someone, the three poisons increase,
    The activities of study, reflection, and meditation degenerate,
    And love and compassion disappear,
    Then it is the practice of the bodhisattvas to give up this company.”
    -The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, verse 4. 
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    10 min
  • Concern for this Life
    “Separated from each and every long-awaited companion, leaving behind hard-earned wealth and possessions…” -37 practices of a bodhisattva, verse 4
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    9 min
  • Abandoning Negativity
    “Abandoning negative places, disturbing emotions gradually subside;
    Being free from distraction, the practice of virtue spontaneously increases;
    With brightened awareness one feels confidence in the Dharma;
    To adhere to solitude is the practice of the bodhisattvas.”
    the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Verse 3.*
    *all quotations are from “Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Chokyi Dragpa
    16 min
  • You Are Not Your Home

    Toward friends, attachment rages like a river;

    Toward enemies, hatred blazes like fire.

    Therefore it is the practice of Bodhisattvas to give up that home,

    Where the darkness of stupidity, of forgetting what to accept and reject, prevails.

    • the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Verse 2.*
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      10 min
    • Rare Freedoms and Riches

      At this time of having obtained the rare great ship of freedoms and riches,

      To listen, reflect, and meditate, without any distraction day and night,

      In order to liberate oneself and others from the ocean of samsara

      Is the practice of bodhisattvas.

      -from the 37 practices of a bodhisattva.

      all quotations are from “Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Chokyi Dragpa

      12 min
    • Rare Freedoms and Riches

      At this time of having obtained the rare great ship of freedoms and riches,

      To listen, reflect, and meditate, without any distraction day and night,

      In order to liberate oneself and others from the ocean of samsara

      Is the practice of bodhisattvas.

      -from the 37 practices of a bodhisattva.

      all quotations are from “Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Chokyi Dragpa

      12 min

    About Sharpening the Mind

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    Talks with Daniel Scharpenburg (Gegan Kelsang Dakpa). Daniel is a class facilitator at the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was given the title "Gegan" in the Rime tradition and is a former zen monk. A heart-centered meditation podcast.