Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 9: The Tree, The Rock, and The Blade of Grass
The story of the tree, the rock, and the blade of grass • flexibility, steadiness, resilience: these are the qualities that are cultivated in medit…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 8: Dripping Water on a Stone
The first kind of effort is just showing up • just getting to the cushion is the hardest part • simply giving in and surrendering to the discipli…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 7: Noting Thoughts and Returning to the Breath
Two different aspects of thinking: the content of thoughts and the thinking process • where do thoughts come from? where do they go? • stillness …
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 6: Letting Go with the Outbreath
We place our mind on the outbreath, and then we let go • this form of mediation is based on dissolving outward, looking beyond ourselves • a rhyt…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 5: Being Intimate with the Breath
Our breath is our most intimate connection with life itself • we are continually in a process of exchanging inside and outside • the inbreath is …
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 4: Sitting Like a Mountain
Sitting like a mountain: solid, immovable, content • meditation posture provides a container within which you can relax • sitting with uprightnes…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 3: The Role of Posture
Learning to come into our body in a simple and direct way • psychological body vs. sensory body • start with just being still • “perching” vs co…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 2: Meditation Practice
The importance of setting clear boundaries • start with a clear beginning • sit down, slow down, and come into your body • take a relaxed, dign…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 1: Welcome to Dharma Glimpses
This podcast consists of a series of short talks on different aspects of meditation practice • it is based on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s unique pre…
5 years, 5 months ago