Sharpening the Mind

By Daniel Scharpenburg

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 ... more

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Sharpening the Mind episodes:

March 05, 2019 6. With Thoughts Clear, Sitting Silently
What’s holding us back? Often it’s ourselves. We’re not broken, or at least no more broken than anyone else. With quotes from “Cultivating the Empty Field”
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6min
February 15, 2019 5: Generosity
True Charity, True Sharing, True Giving. With a quote from Mirror of Zen
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6min
February 09, 2019 The Qualities of the Heart
Friendliness, Compassion, Joy, Impartiality.
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15min
February 05, 2019 4: Perceptions and Reality
How does the way we see things shape our experience? This talk includes a story about a young monk who tried to walk from Korea to China and learned something about the power of our minds.
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8min
January 30, 2019 3: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
We are telling ourselves stories all the time. We re-create our past. We worry/have expectations about the future. And we tell all sorts of stories about ourselves and others. Is this helpful?

“You can no longer deceive yourselves as sincerely as you did before. You have now got the taste of truth.” -Ouspensky
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16min
January 26, 2019 Alicia Marley
Alicia Marley came to the podcast. We talked a little bit about Buddhism, but mainly we discussed Facebook, having a sense of wonder, and Geocaching.
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40min
January 23, 2019 The Six Zen Perfections
Generosity, Virtue, Patience, Diligence, Concentration, and Wisdom.

Further reading here:
The Six Perfections

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1min
January 23, 2019 1: The Three Essentials
Great Faith, Great Doubt, Great Determination.
Trying to practice without all three of these present is like having a table that's missing a leg.
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14min
January 23, 2019 1: Welcome to the Podcast
This is my new Podcast.
It's called Scharpening the Mind. I hope you like it.

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January 22, 2019 Scharpening the Mind podcast trailer
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FAQs about Sharpening the Mind:

How many episodes does Sharpening the Mind have?

The podcast currently has 380 episodes available.