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Unfettered Retreats
Podcasts & Audio Files
Every year, Ken McLeod teaches four or five retreats, some as short as three or four days, some as long as three weeks. Here you will find recordings of all Ken's teachings at these retreats.
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Below are links to the .mp3 files grouped by retreat. Select a grouping from the list below to see all the files from that retreat. When you click on a file title, a new window will open to play the sound file. You can put the window in the background and continue to browse while you listen.
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- A Trackless Path II (Retreat, 1 file) August 2010, Des Moines, New Mexico
- Five Elements / Five Dakinis (Retreat, 10 files) July, 2007, Vancouver, BC
- A Trackless Path (Retreat, 16 files) August - September, 2009, Des Moines, New Mexico
- There is No Enemy (Retreat, 7 files) October, 2009, Mount Baldy, CA
- Death: Friend or Foe (Retreat, 7 files) May, 2009, Mount Baldy, CA
- Warrior’s Solution (Retreat, 8 files) February 2004, Los Angeles, California
- Chö (Retreat, 7 files) July 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Mind Training Santa Fe (Retreat, 15 files) July 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Presence and Power (Retreat, 10 files) October 2008, Mt. Baldy, CA
- Buddhahood Without Meditation (Retreat, 9 files) August, 2008, Des Moins, NM
- Pointing Out Instructions (Retreat, 9 files) August, 2008, Des Moins, NM
- Monsters Under The Bed (Retreat, 6 files) October 10 -14, 2007, Mt. Baldy, CA
- Mahamudra Retreat 2007 (Retreat, 9 files) September, 2007, Toronto
- Mahayana Mind Training (Retreat, 9 files) May, 2007, Mt. Baldy Zen Center
- The Unfettered Mind (Retreat, 4 files) October 2006, Mount Baldy CA
- Chaos and Clarity (Retreat, 7 files) January 2006
- Awakening from Belief (Retreat, 16 files) June 2005, St. Johnsbury VT
- Releasing Emotional Reactions (Retreat, 8 files) February 2005, Santa Fe NM
- Guru, Deity, Protector (Retreat, 11 files) October 2004, Mount Baldy CA
CHO01: Chö (retreat)
Introduction
Origins of Chö from the Diamond Sutra; Machig Labrön and Dampa Sangye; definition of Chö as creating difficult experiences and developing the ability to experience them completely; Chö vs Shi-jé; relationship between Chö and taking and sending; outer, inner, and secret Chö.
Duration 00:46:44
CHO02: Chö (retreat)
Groundwork
Motivation for Chö: transforming our experience of disturbances and negativity as embodied in the eight demonic obsessions; outer, inner and mystical refuge: opening to the totality of experience; visualizing and inviting Machik Labdrön and the four guests.
Duration 00:48:38
CHO03: Chö (retreat)
Beginning of Ritual
Section by section performance of the daily Chö ritual, utilizing the practices described in the preceding podcast; short Q&A at the end.
Duration 00:46:17
CHO04: Chö (retreat)
Ritual 2
Recitation of daily Chö ritual with commentary; opening the door to the sky transference; visualization instruction combining syllables, colours, body and six realms; commentary on transference.
Duration 00:47:12
CHO05: Chö (retreat)
Ritual 3
Recitation of daily Chö ritual; guided visualization; purification practice; simpler form of transference practice; white feast and red feast visualizations.
Duration 00:47:33
CHO06: Chö (retreat)
Ritual in English
Other methods of Chö ritual; simpler form of Chö ritual; guided visualizations.
Duration 00:47:32
CHO07: Chö (retreat)
Blasting Obsessions
Pointing out the meaning of the perfection of wisdom; cutting the four demonic obsessions; four stages of Chö practice.
Duration 00:46:16