Scharpening The Mind

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Talks and discussions with Kansas City meditation teacher Daniel Scharpenburg. Daniel runs Fountain City Meditation and is a co-owner of the website The Tattooed Buddha. He’s an ordained Zen Teacher in the Dharma Winds Zen Sangha. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

Scharpening The Mind


    • Oct 25, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 290 EPISODES


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    Cultivating a Compassionate Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 12:03


    This talk was recorded at the Rime Buddhist Center on 10/6/24. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Power of Metta

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 17:27


    this talk was recorded at the Rime Buddhist Center on 9/29/24 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Make Your Life Meaningful

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 11:44


    Is your life meaningful? If not, what would it take for it to be so? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Six Transcendent Virtues

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 13:57


    On flat tires and patience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Love and Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 18:13


    Metta and Karuna --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Actions to Avoid

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 10:19


    From the Lojong Teachings. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

    When Life Punches You in the Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 15:39


    A dharma talk. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 11:02


    Emotions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Short Talk on Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 8:23


    Short talk on meditation --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    A Limitless Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 10:26


    The Metta Sutta --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Love and Connecting with Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 23:57


    Love and Compassion benefit ourselves and others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Doubt and Free Inquiry

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 12:49


    The Buddha's teaching to the Kalamas --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Questions of the Naga King Sagara

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 13:41


    An exploration of a Mahayana sutra --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Reflections and Guidance on the Immeasurables

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 14:07


    Love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity. This is an extended reading from “The Power of the Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Why Train Your Mind?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 32:44


    This is a talk on training our minds. I read some quotes from "The Power of  Mind" by Khentrul Lodro Thaye. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Four Thoughts That Change Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 20:05


    This is a Mind Training Teaching. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Four Applications

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 18:41


    Gathering Accumulations, Purifying Obscurations, and Offering Tormas --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Buddha and the Flower

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 8:58


    A story --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Bodhichitta: No One Gets Left Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 17:56


    No one gets left out of your heart. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Wisdom on the back of a t shirt.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 11:49


    Rare freedoms and advantages. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Awakened Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 110:21


    Bodhichitta --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 15:16


    The foundation of Buddhism. Can we let go of Anguish? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Thousands

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 38:51


    From the Dhammapada --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Flowers and The Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 46:30


    This is a teaching from the Dhammapada --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Introducing the Dhammapada

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 43:38


    This is an exploration of the introduction and the first two chapters of Gil Fronsdal's translation of the Dhammapada, the sayings of the Buddha. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Actions to Avoid part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 20:09


    From the Lojong teachings --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Actions to Avoid Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 25:53


    From the Lojong teachings --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Advice for Mind Training part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 26:33


    From the Lojong teachings --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Advice For Mind Training part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 29:01


    From the Lojong teachings --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Measure of Mind Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 15:28


    Four ways to measure growth --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Five Forces part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 12:54


    How to train while dying --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Five Forces part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 7:48


    The five forces --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Using Creative Methods for Transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 28:57


    The four applications and bringing teachings into daily life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Using Ultimate Reality for Transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 12:25


    What are the 4 kayas. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Using Reality for Transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 30:04


    Drives blames into one, reflecting on great kindness, and three kinds of patience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Applying the Trainings

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 34:38


    How do we use these insights in day to day life? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Ourselves, Others, and Tonglen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 20:33


    Can we exchange ourselves with others? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Equalizing: Love, Compassion, Rejoicing, and Equalness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 32:50


    Equalizing ourselves and others --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    The Awakened Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 24:29


    Bodhichitta --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Illusions and Remedies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 32:50


    Wisdom is the nature of your mind. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Houses, Snakes, and Ultimate Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 26:40


    What is the true nature of things? Are all phenomena like a dream? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 18:35


    The Unsatisfactory Nature of All Things --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Karma, Cause, and Result

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 17:45


    Actions have consequences. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Impermanence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 35:17


    There's nothing to hold onto. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    This Precious Human Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 22:45


    Human life is precious and rare. Don't waste it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Key Points of Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 9:00


    This is a talk based on the teachings in “Power of Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Four Thoughts That Change Your Mind.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 20:49


    This is a mind training teaching. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Why Train Your Mind?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 33:26


    This is a talk on training our minds. I read some quotes from “The Power of Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Guided Tonglen Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 11:01


    Taking and Sending --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    How I got involved with Buddhism

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 11:34


    Someone asked me --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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    Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 13:39


    This is a talk from the Dhammapada --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support

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