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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 90: The Prajna Paramita 1 of 2

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/09/03

[This episode originally aired on October 11, 2022] The sixth and final paramita is the prajna paramita • the sanskrit term “prajna” means supreme knowledge: the best of knowing, the best of cognitive mind • even though the Buddhist tradition is widely known for non-conceptual practices such as sitting meditation, there is also a great reverence and respect for learning and for knowledge at all levels • prajna is not just about knowing this or that; ...

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Episode 89: The Paramita of Meditation

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/08/27

[This episode originally aired on October 4, 2022] The topic of meditation reminds me of the old saying, “all roads lead to Rome” • in the Buddhist tradition, all teachings seem to lead to meditation • sometimes we think of meditation as just stillness, but as one of the six paramitas, meditation is considered to be one of the skillful actions of a bodhisattva, essential for cultivating wisdom and compassion • meditation helps us to settle and to open...

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Episode 88: The Paramita of Exertion

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/08/20

[This episode originally aired on September 27, 2022] In the Buddhist tradition there’s a lot of talk about practice, which is connected with the paramita of exertion • practice is something that you do over and over again, and as you do so, hopefully you get better and better, and develop more and more understanding and sophistication about what you're doing • in the paramita of exertion, the development is from a kind of self-conscious or imposed approach to a ...

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Episode 87: The Paramita of Patience

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/08/13

[This episode originally aired on September 20, 2022] In the English language, the words “patience” and “patient” derive from the same word, meaning “to suffer” • the Tibetan term for patience has more of a sense of forbearance; in Sanskrit, it has more to do with a of a sense of equilibrium • the practice of patience has to do with boycotting our addiction to rushing through things, aggressively trying to force life to move in the ways we would like it to •&nbs...

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Episode 86: The Paramita of Discipline

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/08/06

[This episode originally aired on September 13, 2022] Coming from the vast and expansive ground of the first paramita, the paramita of generosity, we now turn our attention to the second paramita, the paramita of discipline • discipline has to do with meticulousness of behavior and a sharpening of mindfulness and awareness • when we work with generosity and discipline, we're really working with a fundamental challenge: when do we need to tighten, and when do we n...

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Episode 85: The Paramita of Generosity, Talk 2 of 2

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/07/30

[This episode originally aired on September 6, 2022] Continuing our exploration of the paramita of generosity • generosity is like the expanding universe: it just keeps expanding and expanding without limit • the practice of generosity challenges us to stretch beyond our fear and territoriality and sense of impoverishment • Buddhist teachings recommend working with three dimensions of generosity: material generosity, psychological generosity, an...

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Episode 84: The Paramita of Generosity, Talk 1 of 2

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/07/23

[This episode originally aired on August 30, 2022] The English word “generosity” comes from the Latin meaning “noble birth” • in talking about the bodhisattva path, this doesn't mean elitism or nobility in the sense of being kings and queens, but nobility in terms of a noble way of being in the world—with dignity, with skill, with love and with compassion, and with a sense of respect for one's own life and the life of other beings • of the six paramitas, generosi...

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Episode 83: Techniques of Non Grasping

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/07/16

[This episode originally aired August 23, 2022] In this episode, and in the next few episodes, we will explore the paramitas—what Trungpa Rinpoche referred to as “techniques of non grasping” • these techniques help us cultivate the two foundational qualities of wisdom and compassion • wisdom is cultivated through stillness, and compassion is cultivated through action • on the bodhisattva path, the six paramitas are considered supreme because they carr...

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Episode 82: Elements of Compassion

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/07/09

[This episode originally aired on August 16, 2022] Bodhisattvas are those who dedicate their lives to attaining enlightenment themselves, and to providing situations that lead to the enlightenment of everyone • in approaching this high aspiration, bodhisattvas do not look to some heavenly figure to provide examples of how to accomplish the goals of the bodhisattva path • instead, they look to the elements of this ordinary world: the elements of earth, water, fir...

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Episode 81: Nothing But Change

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/07/02

[This episode originally aired on August 9, 2022] Impermanence applies not only to the world around us, but to our internal world as well • we assume that we are a solid reference point, and everything else around us is changing • in reality, it’s more like changing is observing changing • if we turn our attention inward, we see that there is no solid point from which to observe all of this, because our inward experience is filled with change as well&...

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Episode 80: Contemplating Impermanence

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/06/25

[This episode originally aired on August 2, 2022] In Buddhism some practices are designated as meditation practices, such as working with mindfulness and awareness • other practices, called contemplative practices, are focused on working with the concepts in our mind • one of the most important of these is the contemplation of impermanence, change, and death • we often have difficulty accepting the reality of impermanence; we create various coverings ...

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Episode 79: Random Labeling

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/06/18

[This episode first aired on July 26, 2022] Random labeling, or kuntak in Tibetan, is a two-step process: first we select some portion of our perception and give it a label; then, once we’ve done that, we fixate on it and make it solid • we make something that really doesn’t exist into something that’s seemingly solid, and we do that over and over again • there’s a famous saying: “Fish don’t exist” • there are lots of things swimming around in the se...

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Episode 78: Genuine Compassion

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/06/11

[This episode originally aired on July 19, 2022] The Tibetan term for compassion—karuna—can be translated as “noble heart” • in the Buddhist teachings, compassion is almost always linked with another quality that actually changes the sense of what it might mean • in this episode I will talk about three such pairings: compassion with emptiness, compassion with wisdom, and compassion with skillful means • linking compassion with emptiness places it in ...

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Episode 77: Kindness Is the Essence

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/06/04

[This episode was originally published on July 12, 2022] Recently I came across a disturbing study indicating that people who spend a lot of time in silent meditation practice can actually become less loving, less generous in their interactions with others • that made me think about the importance of balancing the simplicity of meditation with the cultivation of friendship, love, and kindness • my teacher, Trungpa Rinpoche, emphasized that meditation practice, at...

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Episode 175: How To Listen

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/05/28

The focus of this episode is listening • we might think of listening as something passive, but it is actually a very active process, one that is closely associated with paying attention • a traditional dharmic example of listening fully and properly is that of a deer in the forest: when a deer hears an unfamiliar sound, its listening becomes instantly heightened • listening is talked about as the first step in developing insight or prajna • some...

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Episode 174: Lessons from the Life of the Buddha

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/05/21

The Buddha's life can be seen as a template for our own journey along the Buddhist path • the Buddha grew up in a palace, surrounded by safety, comfort, and security • but growing up in such a sheltered environment, he started to feel claustrophobic and curious • one day the Buddha snuck out of the palace grounds with his attendant and encountered a series of “teachers”: someone who was very ill; someone who was extremely old; and the body of a dead person&...

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Episode 173: Balance

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/05/14

As you get older, your sense of physical balance declines a bit; and so you might think, well, I'll just try to be balanced and just stay there • but if you're working with a trainer, they deliberately try to throw you off balance • they're looking to see if you can return to balance when you're thrown off — which is the whole point • in meditation practice, we're continually trying to find the balance between too tight and too loose • as ...

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Episode 172: Clarity

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/05/07

In this episode, I'd like to explore the topic of confusion • a traditional chant has the line, “Grant your blessing so that the path may clarify confusion” • as you practice meditation and see how your mind works, you begin to uncover deep patterns of confusion — not confusion in the ordinary sense, but fundamental misperceptions that can lead to increased suffering for ourselves and others • for instance, it’s important to clarify our relationship with ti...

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Episode 171: Fresh Eyes

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/04/30

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Episode 170: The Eightfold Path

Dharma Glimpses with Judy Lief ·

2024/04/23

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