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. You can now become a supporter of my podcast! https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Buddhist, Writer, Dharma Teacher, Meditation Coach
The Ordinary Mind Meditation Podcast is all about Buddhist Meditation, combining teachings on Buddhist philosophy and psychology with guided meditations which allow you to learn how to embody these lessons in everyday life.
Actions have consequences.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
There’s nothing to hold onto.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Human life is precious and rare. Don’t waste it.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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
This is a mind training teaching.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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
Taking and Sending--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
In this talk I explore a fundamental Buddhist teaching called "The Four Foundations of Mindfulness". Can being mindful of our bodies, feelings, thoughts, and the world around us help us to live in a better way? I think so. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Someone asked me--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a talk from the Dhammapada--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a teaching from the Dhammapada.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
A talk from the Dhammapada.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a teaching from the Dhammapada.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a teaching from the Dhammapada--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This talk is from the Dhammapada.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a teaching from the Dhammapada--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
From the Dhammapada--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Very short introduction to the Dhammapada, the teachings of the Buddha.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a recording of a live talk I gave online in the Tattooed Buddha Community Facebook group. I went over a teaching from Hongzhi in “Cultivating the Empty Field” then I addressed some questions and comments about anger.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
A description of a Formless meditation practice as well as a little guidance. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a teaching from “Steps to the Great Perfection” by Jigme Lingpa--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This talk was recorded at Fountain City Meditation on 11/25/19. We talked about how we sometimes make our own suffering worse.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a talk and discussion about when and why meditation is hard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
A Zen Story that can tell us a few things about expectations and perception.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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--- Support this podcast: https://ancho…
This talk was recorded at Aquarius KC in February of 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Talk on trying to control everything all the time. And Guided Silent Illumination Practice.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This was recording in November of 2019 and Heart of the Dove KC.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Nothing in the world can offend--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This talk comes from the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva and was originally recorded in 2020.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
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This talk comes from the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva and was originally recorded in 2020.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a guided visualization meditation from the text “Steps to the Great Perfection” by Jigme Lingpa--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Equanimity and Open Awareness--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a guided visualization meditation from the text “Steps to the Great Perfection” by Jigme Lingpa--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva Chapter 5 (second half) Talk + Reading.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva Chapter 5 (first half) Talk + Reading.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
"Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva Reading + Talk Chapter 3. Embracing Bodhichitta. Can we celebrate our spiritual path?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Right now it’s like this. What can I do?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
"Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva Reading + Talk Chapter 2. Confessing Misdeeds What can we do to help ourselves cultivate virtue? How does virtue help us on our path? What's the point of making offerings? What's the point of Refuge Vows?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support…
Short meditation from “The Path of Peace” by Ayya Khema--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
"Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva Reading + Talk Chapter 1. Explaining the Benefits of Bodhichitta What is the mind of awakening? How does opening our hearts help ourselves and others? The book I'm reading from can be purchased here: https://www.shambhala.com/entering-the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-15591.html--- Support this podcast: …
The phrases used in this guided meditation are from “the Path to Peace” by Ayya Khema--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Shantideva Had No Friends--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
What is Joy? Can we expand our circle of joy?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Equanimity--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Talk + Meditation--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
Do our opinions get in our way? Can we hold them more loosely?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support
This is a guided metta practice from the book "Boundless Heart" by Christina FeldmanYou can buy this book here:https://www.shambhala.com/boundless-heart-3649.html--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-scharpenburg/support