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2017-05-12T14:50:56-05:00

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Touch of Grey

Last updated on: May 12, 2017 at 2:50 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

I’m not sure whether to say “I have a touch of autism” or “I’m at the very edge of the autism spectrum”. But there it is, plain and out in the open for everyone to see. Totally exposed and vulnerable. I was tested for it last year. I’m in the range of just barely detectable. When they had me my parents were over 40. I also had childhood epilepsy, which stopped presenting symptoms as I grew up. Both of those... Read more

2017-08-03T20:14:04-05:00

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The Bodhisattva

Last updated on: August 3, 2017 at 8:14 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

The Bodhisattva is willing to be authentic, willing to get hurt and be sensitive and have a fully exposed heart. A Bodhisattva cooperates with the world instead of making enemies with everything all the time. Bodhisattvas are sometimes called spiritual warriors, described as daring and fearless. On the Bodhisattva path you have to let go of the lies that you tell yourself all the time. You have to put all of your egocentric bullshit aside and face things as they... Read more

2017-02-19T09:44:25-05:00

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Maitri and Karuna

Last updated on: February 19, 2017 at 9:44 am By Daniel Scharpenburg

Bodhicitta, the mind of awakening, arises by paying attention to the interconnectedness of things. Bodhicitta comes from dwelling in tranquility and being compassionate toward ourselves and others. This is developed through cultivating awareness. Maitri and Karuna are the two aspects of Bodhicitta. Maitri (loving kindness) is rooted in being kind and gentle to yourself. When we really look into ourselves we can experience wakefulness and compassion. When we free ourselves from our attachment to self we can experience a kind... Read more

2017-02-18T21:58:36-05:00

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Bodhicitta and the Spiritual Warrior

Last updated on: February 18, 2017 at 9:58 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

The way of the Bodhisattva is the way of compassion and wisdom, of realizing your own boundless potential. It comes from realizing that Enlightenment is our true nature, that we have a basic goodness and wakefulness that is fundamental to our being. Bodhicitta is what the diligence of the Bodhisattva is based on. Bodhicitta means mind of awakening. It’s what helps us overcome the delusions that keep us from seeing our true nature. These delusions are things that we can... Read more

2017-02-18T11:23:08-05:00

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Mind Development

Last updated on: February 18, 2017 at 11:23 am By Daniel Scharpenburg

This is meditation, the cultivation of unified awareness focused on the present moment, the eternal now. In meditation there is no difference between the knower, the knowing, and the known. We are trying to cut through delusion. Our goal is full enlightenment, inner peace, and the dissolving of self-made barriers. Liberation from the self is what we aim at, transcending the illusion of separation. Delusion is in the mind, so the mind must be purified through training. The process of... Read more

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2017-02-15T09:23:47-05:00

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Zen: The Mystic Flower

Last updated on: February 15, 2017 at 9:23 am By Daniel Scharpenburg

Zen is a culture of awakening. It doesn’t really match any of the categories we tend to want to put things into in western thought. It defies labels like religion and philosophy. It’s not something to believe. It’s not even something to be. It’s a practice. It’s a way of life. Zen is like the flower of Buddhism. Beneath it lies the roots of developed doctrine and practice, which has been cultivated for over two thousand years. Beneath these roots... Read more

2017-02-08T18:29:29-05:00

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The Marks of Existence

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 6:29 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

Understanding of the three marks of existence comes about as a result of our dedicated meditation practice. Through our dharma practice we have begun to develop clarity and insight. In this way, we can come to understand the three marks of existence intuitively, rather than from a book or even from listening to a teacher. There’s nothing really special about the three marks of existence, it’s simple to notice them if we pay attention. They are: Impermanence, Non Self, and... Read more

2017-05-26T13:35:52-05:00

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Patterns That Lead to Suffering

Last updated on: May 26, 2017 at 1:35 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

Understanding how our suffering works is one way to deal with it. We can understand ourselves a lot better when we slow down to see what’s going on. There are five patterns that are traditionally said to lead to suffering. 1.Seeing the self as separate: Part of Buddhist teaching explains that we aren’t separate from the world around us, that we are really just a collection of things (called skandhas) and not this independent entity that we perceive ourselves to... Read more

2017-01-31T12:09:43-05:00

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The Four Seals

Last updated on: January 31, 2017 at 12:09 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

This is a list of the four aspects of philosophy that all sects of Buddhism have in common 1.The impermanence of time and space. This is the process that allows things to happen. Whatever is collected is also dispersed and all things decay. What we struggle with is recognize in our lives that things always change. We tend to try to cling to things our wish things are permanent, including our lives. Whereas many other religions teach that we can... Read more

2017-01-31T12:07:43-05:00

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Cultivating Virtue

Last updated on: January 31, 2017 at 12:07 pm By Daniel Scharpenburg

In the Buddhist path we are trying to make sure we are examining and understanding ourselves in all the different areas of our being. We are training to become more mindful and aware so that we suffer less. We are also trying to cultivate virtue. We want to have basic gentleness. We want to tame our minds and learn how to manage our suffering and transcend our selfishness. There is a list of characteristics of a Bodhisattva that we want... Read more

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