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.
You 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.
Hi 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.