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:

September 30, 2022 The Second Arrow
This talk was recorded at Fountain City Meditation on 11/25/19. We talked about how we sometimes make our own suffering worse.
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13min
September 26, 2022 The Three Kinds of Laziness - Dharma Talk
What is laziness and how does it stop us from reaching our potential and developing ourselves? This talk was given at Fountain City Meditation on 9/9/19.
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10min
September 22, 2022 Difficulties in Meditation
This is a talk and discussion about when and why meditation is hard.
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14min
September 19, 2022 A Flower and a Smile
A Zen Story that can tell us a few things about expectations and perception.
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14min
September 12, 2022 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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9min
September 09, 2022 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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15min
September 08, 2022 Meditation For Everyone
This talk was recorded at Aquarius KC in February of 2020.
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37min
September 07, 2022 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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13min
September 05, 2022 On Trying to Control Everything
Talk on trying to control everything all the time. And Guided Silent Illumination Practice.
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21min
September 04, 2022 Class Announcement - The Dhammapada
Http://RimeCenter.org/classes
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2min

FAQs about Sharpening the Mind:

How many episodes does Sharpening the Mind have?

The podcast currently has 380 episodes available.