Sharpening the Mind

Sharpening the Mind

By Daniel ScharpenburgReligion & SpiritualityBuddhism
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Sharpening the Mind episodes

  • Embracing Bodhichitta

    "Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva Reading + Talk Chapter 3. Embracing Bodhichitta. Can we celebrate our spiritual path?  

    The book I'm reading from can be purchased here: https://www.shambhala.com/entering-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-15591.html 

    If you want to donate to support this work, you can do so here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/danielscharpenburg

    17 min
  • Offerings, Refuge, and Misdeeds

    "Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva Reading + Talk Chapter 2. Confessing Misdeeds What can we do to help ourselves cultivate virtue? How does virtue help us on our path? What's the point of making offerings? What's the point of Refuge Vows? 

    The book I'm reading from can be purchased here: https://www.shambhala.com/entering-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-15591.html

     If you want to donate to support this work, you can do so here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/danielscharpenburg

    45 min
  • The Benefits of Bodhichitta

    "Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva

    Reading + Talk

    Chapter 1. Explaining the Benefits of Bodhichitta

    What is the mind of awakening? How does opening our hearts help ourselves and others?

    The book I'm reading from can be purchased here:

    https://www.shambhala.com/entering-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-15591.html

    If you want to donate to support this work, you can do so here:

    https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/danielscharpenburg

    22 min
  • The Benefits of Bodhichitta

    "Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva

    Reading + Talk

    Chapter 1. Explaining the Benefits of Bodhichitta

    What is the mind of awakening? How does opening our hearts help ourselves and others?

    The book I'm reading from can be purchased here:

    https://www.shambhala.com/entering-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-15591.html

    If you want to donate to support this work, you can do so here:

    https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/danielscharpenburg

    22 min
  • Shantideva Had No Friends
    Shantideva was not a popular guy. He lived at a monastic college with 500 other men and had no friends. Everyone thought he was a lazy jerk and they looked for creative ways to bully him. 
    They were wrong about him. They thought they could make him so embarrassed that he would leave forever. Instead they got one of the greatest spiritual teachings of all time, The Way of the Bodhisattva.
    23 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.