In early 2020, before any of us had heard anything about a lethal virus emerging from Wuhan Province, China, I attended a life changing 8-day Mahamudra meditation retreat with Harvard neuropsychologist and Vajrayana master Daniel P. Brown PHd.
After a nine year pause on spiritual retreats, this was my first extended in-person retreat with a living teacher.
I did also attend a 10-day silent Vipassana Retreat in summer 2019, but that was accompanied by recordings from S.N. Goenka. That was a powerful experience in its own right, but we weren’t receiving teachings from a living, breathing, responsive human being.
It’s a totally different thing and, in my experience, they don’t really compare.
I am no stranger to retreats. In my years living at the ashram, I did countless 10 and 21-day silent meditation retreats. Some directly guided by my teacher, and others completely solo.
I know how powerful they can be.
And this experience was no exception. In fact, it was healing and heart opening in ways I couldn’t have anticipated.
In this episode, I share my experience of going on a Mahamudra meditation retreat with Daniel P. Brown.
I encourage you to pair this podcast with my interview with Dan Brown and his former student, John Churchill. All three links are listed below.
christopher says
February 20, 2021 at 7:55 PMYou have got me interested in Andrew Cohen. I found out that there is a three episode documentary about him called “How I created a cult”. It was made around 2016-17, but then it disappeared. I’m not a conspiracy minded person, but it is suspicious. After searching as far as I could for information, it appears that the person who made this documentary sold it to an Australian company that is in the process of giving it a make over, and presumably they will release it again. However, they have been working on it for five years. Strange. Do you know how to get this documentary? I’m a documentary lover.
Morgan Dix says
February 21, 2021 at 11:31 AMHi Chris, That’s interesting. I watched a 6-episode of that documentary several years ago and I can’t find it either. I reckon you’re right. Someone probably purchased the rights and is updating it. It’s well worth watching. There are several interviews with Andrew Cohen, former students, critics, advocates, etc.