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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
RER 01: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Opening talk of retreat, Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, February 2005
Aim of the retreat, overview of content including levels of practice and meditation methods, initial instruction
Duration 00:37:10
RER 02: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Releasing through bare attention, part 1
Emotional reactions, what they are, why they are problematic, what does releasing mean, difference between releasing and suppression, instruction in five-step method of releasing from Thich Naht Hanh based on bare attention and the four foundations of mindfulness
Duration 01:05:00
RER 03: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Releasing through bare attention, part 2
Q&A based on students’ experience with bare attention, common difficulties and how to work with them, additional instruction on the four foundations
Duration 00:58:21
RER 04: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Releasing through taking and sending, part 1
Taking emptiness and compassion as the framework, difference between actual and projected experience, working with actual experience, instruction in five-step method that uses taking and sending (tonglen) to release emotional reactions
Duration 01:05:05
RER 05: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Releasing through taking and sending, part 2
Q&A based on the students’ experience with taking and sending, common difficulties and how to work with them, additional instruction on taking and sending
Duration 01:03:12
RER 06: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Releasing through direct awareness, part 1
Taking original mind, direct awareness, as the basis, all experience as the expression of awareness, instruction in a five-step process based on direct awareness (mahamudra and dzogchen), cautions and pitfalls
Duration 01:07:59
RER 07: Releasing Emotional Reactions (retreat)
Releasing through direct awareness, part 2
Q&A based on the students’ experience with direct awareness, simplified instruction in the five steps, common difficulties and how to work with them, connecting the three methods, how to use these in life, the student-teacher relationship, challenges in practice
Duration 00:56:53
RER 08: Releasing Emotional Reactions (summary)
Nobody Hears
Retreat Summary prepared by grateful students.
Duration 6:02