Sharpening the Mind

This talk was originally recorded at a meditation gathering on the lawn of the Nelson Atkins Museum in September of 2019.

Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity

The story of an illiterate peasant who became a Zen Master. 

What is kindness?

I'm talking in this podcast about Mindfulness of Breathing and Open Awareness Practice. What are they and why would we do them?

I gave this guided meditation instruction at the Rime Buddhist Center on 3/13/22.

This is a guided meditation on the Boundless Heart practice. This was recorded at Aquarius KC on 2/26/22

This is a talk and meditation that I gave at Aquarius KC on 2/26/22. I talked about the Four Immeasurables and led Metta Meditation.

May All Beings Be Happy May All Beings Be Free From Suffering May All Beings Never Be Separated From Happiness May All Beings Abide in Equanimity, Undisturbed by the Eight Worldly Concerns

Compassion is Bravery, Vulnerability is strength. Talk from Lama Lena: https://lamalenateachings.com/chenrezig-practice-video/ A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa PhD: https://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Heart-Courage-Compassionate-Transform/dp/1101982926 Rime Center Temple Fund: https://www.rimecenter.org/temple-project/

Can we live with open hearts? I read some quotes by Thupten Jinpa in this talk. You can get his book "A Fearless Heart" here: https://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Heart-Courage-Compassionate-Transform/dp/1101982926

a short guided meditation

This is a guided meditation for bringing awareness to others using Heart Practices. This guided meditation was inspired by Ken McLeod's Meditation on the Four Immeasurables which can be found here: https://unfetteredmind.org/meditating-on-the-four-immeasurables/

This is a guided meditation for bringing awareness to others using Heart Practices. This guided meditation was inspired by Ken McLeod's Meditation on the Four Immeasurables which can be found here: https://unfetteredmind.org/meditating-on-the-four-immeasurables/

This is a guided meditation for metta practice. 

This is a guided meditation for bringing awareness to friends using Heart Practices.  This guided meditation was inspired by Ken McLeod's Meditation on the Four Immeasurables which can be found here: https://unfetteredmind.org/meditating-on-the-four-immeasurables/

This is a guided meditation for bringing awareness to yourself using Heart Practices.  This guided meditation was inspired by Ken McLeod's Meditation on the Four Immeasurables which can be found here: https://unfetteredmind.org/meditating-on-the-four-immeasurables/

Metta (kindness)

“Abandoning negative places, disturbing emotions gradually subside; Being free from distraction, the practice of virtue spontaneously increases; With brightened awareness one feels confidence in the Dharma; To adhere to solitude is the practice of the bodhisattvas.” the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Verse 3.* *all quotations are from “Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Ch...

At this time of having obtained the rare great ship of freedoms and riches, To listen, reflect, and meditate, without any distraction day and night, In order to liberate oneself and others from the ocean of samsara Is the practice of bodhisattvas. -from the 37 practices of a bodhisattva. all quotations are from “Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Chokyi Dragpa

What are the forms of laziness and how can we overcome them?

Can we stop making enemies out of everything and pushing back against the world? Can we soften our rough edges? Do we have scissors for hands?

"All that must not be polluted  By the stains of the eight concerns. By understanding all phenomena as illusion, May we be free from the fetters of attachment." -Langri Tangpa

"In short, may I offer to all my mothers, Both directly and indirectly, all happiness and benefit, And may I secretly take upon myself All the harms and sufferings of my mothers." -Langri Tangpa

"Even if one whom I have helped And in whom I have great hopes Instead irrationally causes me harm, May I regard that one as my genuine spiritual teacher." -Langri Tangpa