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Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief

DHARMA GLIMPSES is an introduction to The Profound Treasury teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, taught by Judy Lief. In these short, accessible talks, Judy invites listeners to explore the subtleties and delights of the Buddhist path of meditation and insight. She introduces listeners to some of the key ways that mark Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche"s unique and brilliant exposition of the dharma in the context of contemporary Western society.

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Episode 106: Puzzles and Glimpses

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2025/01/21

[This episode originally aired on January 31, 2023] A common idea about the spiritual path is that it is punctuated by gigantic breakthroughs, by big revelations • but many deep and important insights don't come in that way; they come in through glimpses, which can be sudden or they can just kind of seep in • in some ways glimpses are similar to a jigsaw puzzle: we have all these pieces, and we have little insights that this piece fits into that, or this piece do...

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7:00

Episode 105: Natural Wisdom

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2025/01/14

[This episode originally aired on January 24, 2023] Through infusing mindfulness and awareness into our everyday actions, we can invoke or evoke a magical quality to existence, a natural wisdom which is known as “drala” • there's a famous line from the movie Field of Dreams that's often repeated: “If you build it, they will come” • in some ways, through our mindfulness and awareness, we're building a world that will attract this magical quality, this natural wis...

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Episode 104: Speech

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2025/01/07

[This episode originally aired on January 17, 2023] A large part of our reality involves talking, or working with our speech; it is one of the main ways we connect with our world • but our speech can also get us into a lot of trouble, including using it as a way of escaping from reality • Trungpa Rinpoche said that paying attention to speech is a way of paying attention to reality • but often we use speech just in the opposite way — as a way to avoid...

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6:50

Episode 103: Remain Like a Log

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/12/31

[This episode originally aired on January 10, 2023] The image of remaining like a log comes up in a number of different traditional Buddhist texts • think of a log rotting slowly in an ancient forest — it just lies there placidly, providing sustenance and a home for various critters as it gradually dissolves into the forest floor • sometimes remaining like a log is talked about in terms of vigilance: maintaining vigilance over one's mind and heart • u...

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7:26

Episode 102: Transmission

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/12/24

[This episode originally aired on January 3, 2023] In exploring the idea of transmission, we're looking into how the teachings are passed on, how the teachings are taught, and how the student can access the teachings • but what do we mean by transmission? • a helpful analogy is to think of music: you can learn to play all the notes in a song, but the music is not there • so what makes the actual music? • there's a famous jazz phrase: “it d...

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Episode 101: Three Short Practices

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/12/17

[This episode originally aired on December 27, 2022] I'd like to introduce three simple short meditation practices that help us tune in to the rich and ongoing process of exchange that marks our lives altogether • we're always giving something out to the world and receiving something from it • we are affected by others and we affect others in so many ways; and we're also quite susceptible to the energies and the outpourings from those around us •&nbs...

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Episode 100: The Row, Row, Row Your Boat Sutra

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/12/10

[This episode originally aired on December 20, 2022] One of my favorite nursery rhymes contains quite a bit of wisdom: “Row row, row, row your boat gently down the stream; merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream” • if we think of the stream as a stream of teachings, then we could consider the Buddha as the source of the stream • from that beginning a great river continues to flow over thousands of years • where does this stream flow? It flows ...

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Episode 99: The Painful Dance of Hope and Fear

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/12/03

[This episode originally aired on December 13, 2022] We tend to think of hope and fear as opposites, but they are intimately entangled with one another • they are both based on our desires and our hopes, our expectations of what the future might bring: what we want to happen in the future, what we don't want to happen, and what we fear might happen • sometimes hope describes a positive outlook, one that is connected with a certain kind of confidence • ...

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8:03

Episode 98: Lighten Up

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/11/26

[This episode originally aired on December 6, 2022] Trungpa Rinpoche often spoke about the importance of a sense of humor on the spiritual path, but what did he really mean by it? • he was obviously not referring to telling jokes or being some kind of a comedian • instead he seemed to be pointing to a kind of a carefree quality or lightness of being — something very different from how seriously we take ourselves and everything we do • spirituality or religion is ...

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Episode 97: Continual Movement, Continual Growth

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/11/19

[This episode originally aired on November 29, 2022] Many people associate the practices of Buddhism with stillness; but actually the path of dharma is one of continual movement and growth • it's an organic process, one where everything cycles and everything is interconnected • it's like having a seed in the earth that grows and bears fruit and flowers and produces new seeds, and then another cycle begins • in my tradition, the different ways of...

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Episode 96: Freeing the Senses

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/11/12

[This episode originally aired on November 22, 2022] Continuing our discussion of the sense perceptions, and how they are connected with a subtle kind of grasping • in Buddhism we talk about the senses as having three components: the sense organ, the sense object, and the sense consciousness • every sense perception we have is a meeting of those three elements • it is an active process, one that involves a great deal of selection and interpretation; ...

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Episode 95: Grabby Sense Perceptions

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/11/05

[This episode originally aired on November 15, 2022] In Buddhism there is a lot of interest in the sense perceptions • traditionally, it is said that there are six senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking (in Buddhism, the way we perceive thoughts is similar to the way we hear sounds or see sights) • the sense perceptions can be compared to the windows of a house: if the windows are clean, you have a clear perception of your world;...

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Episode 94: Fresh Arising

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/10/29

[This episode originally aired on November 8, 2022] When we contemplate impermanence, we're basically looking at the facts of life • the fact is that we all die; we all have losses, sorrow and heartbreak • we don’t contemplate impermanence as a way to overcome it, but as a way to figure out how to live with it—and even how to honor it • this is the world that we have, and without this ever-changing world, none of us would be here • imperm...

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Episode 93: Contemplating Impermanence

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/10/22

[This episode originally aired on November 1, 2022] Of all the contemplative practices of Buddhism, it is said that the contemplation of impermanence is the most useful • dealing with change isn’t easy: we’d like to put things together and have them stay together • we tend to see change as disruption rather than as the way things are • but in reality, change is not a disruption, it is fundamental • change just is; it is the nature of every...

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Episode 92: The Paramitas: Challenging the False...

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/10/15

[This episode originally aired on October 25, 2022] The six paramitas challenge the mistaken view that we can make ourselves secure by grasping more and more tightly • to practice the paramita of generosity, we need to make a point of letting go, of giving away • the paramita of discipline challenges our attachment to sloppiness and comfort, to cruising through life in a superficial way • the paramita of patience works with our attachment to speed an...

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Episode 179: Religiosity

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/10/08

It can be easy to fall into religiosity as we pursue a spiritual path • contemplative traditions designed to cut through pretense and nurture humility can do just the opposite • we grow up with all sorts of ideas of what a spiritual person is, and we may try to model ourselves into some kind of preset image, trying to be and act “spiritual,” trying to do everything spiritually • this can create a feeling or the sense that we're being super religious, super ...

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Episode 178: Why Is Meditation So Hard

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/10/01

Today I'd like to explore this question: Why is meditation so difficult? • meditation can be as simple as this Zen instruction: “Sit down, shut up, pay attention. Repeat.” • my teacher once said that to meditate, all you have to do is be spacious and not wait for anything • anyone should be capable of doing that; so why is it so hard? • partly it's hard to do anything with consistency and follow through • but it's even harder to stic...

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9:47

Episode 177: Learning from the Elements

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/09/24

Buddhism is often seen as an esoteric philosophical or psychological system; but at a profound and important level, the Buddha's teachings are very much grounded in nature • many Buddhist insights took birth out of direct observation of the world of nature, the world of rocks and trees and clouds and rain and sunshine • everything outside is mirrored within, and everything inside is mirrored in the outside world • relating to the five elements — earth, water, fir...

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Episode 176: The Five Strengths

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/09/17

Today I'd like to introduce a traditional list called “the five strengths” — determination, faith, virtue, remorse, and aspiration • determination points to the need to stick with the path we're on, the path we've chosen • it’s connected with patience, recognizing that genuine spiritual training is not a quick fix, but a lifelong process • faith is trusting that what we're doing is worthwhile and valid, and it’s also the confidence that we are worthwhile an...

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Episode 91: The Prajna Paramita 2 of 2

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/09/10

[This episode originally aired on October 18, 2022] In continuing our exploration of the prajna paramita, I'd like to focus on the inseparable trio of prajna (knowledge or wisdom), shunyata (emptiness), and compassion (karuna) • according to Trungpa Rinpoche, the freshness of prajna insight and the warmth of compassion are always connected • this challenges some common assumptions: that intelligence or sharpness of mind is harsh and aggressive; that compassion a...

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