Sharpening the Mind

Sharpening the Mind

By Daniel ScharpenburgReligion & SpiritualityBuddhism
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Sharpening the Mind episodes

  • 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.
    8 min
  • 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
    16 min
  • 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.
    40 min
  • The Six Zen Perfections

    Generosity, Virtue, Patience, Diligence, Concentration, and Wisdom.


    Further reading here:

    The Six Perfections

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    1 min
  • 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.
    14 min
  • 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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    1 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.