Welcome to the first Knife and Tool Sharpening Podcast episode! As a launch to this project I'm including some background on the evolution of The American Edge and The Guild of Professional Sharpeners. Following that is an attempt to set expectations for what to expect in 2025 from this podcast and for members or those interested in becoming member…

This talk was recorded at the Rime Buddhist Center on 10/6/24.

this talk was recorded at the Rime Buddhist Center on 9/29/24

Is your life meaningful? If not, what would it take for it to be so?

On flat tires and patience.

Metta and Karuna

From the Lojong Teachings.

A dharma talk.

Emotions

Short talk on meditation

The Metta Sutta

Love and Compassion benefit ourselves and others.

The Buddha’s teaching to the Kalamas

An exploration of a Mahayana sutra

Love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity. This is an extended reading from “The Power of the Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye

This is a talk on training our minds. I read some quotes from "The Power of Mind" by Khentrul Lodro Thaye.

This is a Mind Training Teaching.

Gathering Accumulations, Purifying Obscurations, and Offering Tormas

A story

No one gets left out of your heart.

Rare freedoms and advantages.

Bodhichitta

The foundation of Buddhism. Can we let go of Anguish?

From the Dhammapada

This is a teaching from the Dhammapada

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.

From the Lojong teachings

From the Lojong teachings

From the Lojong teachings

From the Lojong teachings

Four ways to measure growth

How to train while dying

The five forces

The four applications and bringing teachings into daily life.

What are the 4 kayas.

Drives blames into one, reflecting on great kindness, and three kinds of patience.

How do we use these insights in day to day life?

Can we exchange ourselves with others?

Equalizing ourselves and others

Wisdom is the nature of your mind.

What is the true nature of things? Are all phenomena like a dream?

The Unsatisfactory Nature of All Things

Actions have consequences.

There’s nothing to hold onto.

Human life is precious and rare. Don’t waste it.

This is a talk based on the teachings in “Power of Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye

This is a mind training teaching.

This is a talk on training our minds. I read some quotes from “The Power of Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye.

Taking and Sending