Sharpening the Mind

Sharpening the Mind

By Daniel ScharpenburgReligion & SpiritualityBuddhism
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Sharpening the Mind episodes

  • Introduction to the Heart

    A short introduction to lojong teachings. 

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    14 min
  • Teachings are for the Living

    Teachings from Master Silly Mountain (Han Shan Deqing)

    This includes the first of Han Shan's Maxims.

    Why don't we, as Buddhists, go out and convince people to join us? Should we? Would that be effective?

    Also, what's the deal with impermanence? And emptiness?

    Let's talk about these things. 


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    17 min
  • Bad Friends
    "With some friends, the three poisons keep growing,
    Study, reflection and meditation weaken
    While loving kindness and compassion fall away.
    Give up bad friends - this is the practice of a bodhisattva."
    -the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva
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    14 min
  • The Past is Like Empty Space

    "The past is like empty space;

    Know anything and the basic principle is lost."

    -Song of Mind

    We're all carrying around baggage from our past. Unfortunately sometimes it gets in our way. 



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    13 min
  • Bodhi Mind and the Four Great Vows

    A reading from "The Method of No Method" and commentary on ethics, the four great vows, and the mind of awakening. 


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    16 min
  • Bodhi Mind and the Four Great Vows

    A reading from "The Method of No Method" and commentary on ethics, the four great vows, and the mind of awakening. 


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    16 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.