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Translator/teacher Ken McLeod provides spiritual practitioners with the essence of Buddhist practice. Ken is noted for his ability to present profound teachings and practices in clear straightforward language free from the myths and cultural overlays that make many Eastern teachings difficult to und…

Ken McLeod


    • Oct 9, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 29m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    Acting and Resting in Attention

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 23:26


    Bringing attention into actions as the eightfold path's core practice (from Eightfold Path 2), questions on concentration and attention, how meditation increases attention, and emotional energy.

    A Practice For Releasing Emotional Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 43:42


    Instruction in five-step method of releasing from Thich Naht Hanh based on bare attention and the four foundations of mindfulness

    Resting, Energy, and Sentient Beings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 26:49


    Consequences of ignoring what arises from meditation; what is meant by sentient beings are infinite, I vow to save them all

    Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 33:19


    Questions on alcohol, pornography, and shame.

    Chö and Opening To Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 33:02


    Origins of Chö from the Diamond Sutra; Machik Labdron and Padampa Sangye; definition of Chö as creating difficult experiences and developing the ability to experience them completely

    Practice variations

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 21:35


    Which form of meditation is recommended, using sounds or music during meditation, and interacting with people as a type of practice

    Buddhist schools and retreats

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 21:54


    Questions on whether one tradition is better than another and what are the benefits to doing a three-year retreat.

    Buddhism: Pragmatic Perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 15:33


    Questions on the relationship between idealism and pragmatism, vegetarianism, and monastic life.

    Buddhist Concepts Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 27:55


    Three jewels, roots guru, empowerments

    Buddhist Concepts Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 22:17


    Buddhism and creativity, reincarnation, mind having no beginning, and equanimity and manipulation

    Antidote for Different Notions of Self

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 25:41


    Five skandhas, twelve sense fields, eighteen elements, twelve links, four truths, time.

    Compassion, A Natural Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 18:14


    Tong len (taking and sending) and compassion

    Cultivating Attention

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 35:33


    The importance of keeping intention and letting go of practicing perfectly, questions on shamatha, cultivating attention for those who are not able to keep a regular sitting practice, and life out of balance.

    Meditative Stability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 32:56


    Stopping distraction; primary characteristics, genesis and faults of fragmentation of attention and solitude

    Awakening From Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 51:49


    Karma as instruction vs. karma as belief, meditation as building a capacity of attention, resting in the experience of breathing, Q&A

    Living While Acknowledging Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 29:11


    You know that you are aware and you are going to die. How do you live holding that knowledge?

    Meditation: Sitting and Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 28:46


    How to avoid an unhealthy tension between the activities of life and one’s practice, choosing between a monastic life and the life of a lay-person, acting without hesitation.

    Meditation: Intention and Edge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 25:44


    Questions on feeling tones that aries from practice, how does one find the edge in practice, how to remedy a lack of intention, working with the intention to be present

    Bringing Practice Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 51:03


    Discussion of practice issues

    Breath: Observe or Rest?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 40:02


    There can be a distancing that occurs when trying to observe the breath. Resting doesn’t involve struggle and increases quality of attention.

    Merit and Dedication

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 26:37


    Questions on dedicating virtue, the purpose of dedication, chanting to accumulate merit

    Practice Basics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 25:47


    Questions on is there difference between rest and observe during meditation, dealing with distractions during meditation, working with clarity when meditating and working with emotions when meditating.

    The Mystery of Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 36:46


    Questions on who/what wakes up, the experience of being no thing, and if ultimately there is anything to know.

    The Heart & Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 23:44


    Questions on working with the feelings that accompany an open heart, being true to both your heart and mind

    Physical & Mental Disturbances

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 31:28


    Questions on grief, health, and panic attacks

    Experiencing Discomfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 39:30


    Emotion, reaction, calm, ease, understanding

    Mind Training and Self-Cherishing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 23:28


    Mind-training as a way to clear away self-cherishing

    Karma & Reincarnation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 21:54


    What’s going to happen to you if you don’t accept the concept of reincarnation?

    How To Meditate Like the Buddha

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 34:48


    This excerpt from UM’s Heart Sutra Workshop series describes Profound Radiance, has a brief guided meditation which provides an experiential understanding of the absorption, and identifies three of the things you’ll need to make it possible.

    Experiencing Patterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019


    Questions about obsession and working with the core of a pattern

    To Name Or Not To Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019 12:32


    Different practice instructions work for different people. Not one-size fits all. Find what works for you.

    Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 30:12


    Questions on being an observer of one’s thoughts, mind training and flattening thoughts

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