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Clear Mountain Monastery Project

Clear Mountain Monastery

Dharma talks from monastics at Clear Mountain, an aspiring Buddhist Forest monastery in the greater Seattle area. The Forest Tradition represents a return to the simple way of life taught by the Buddha. Monastics aspire to live as the early disciples did: dwelling in the forest, studying the teachings, and devoting themselves to meditation. To learn more, visit https://wwww.clearmountain.org.

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100 episodes

  1. Advice for New Monastics (& You!): A World-Weary Guide Out of Saṃsara | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho 1:11:03
  2. Where Is Your Joy? Curing the Dry Heart in Modern Buddhism | Ajahn Nisabho 49:34
  3. Between Two Worlds: A Deep Lay Life Lived in the Monastery | Debbie Stamp Q&A 1:10:28
  4. “Don’t Worry, Everything is Out of Control”: The Mixed Karma of Voting or Not | Ajahn Sona Q&A 1:09:58
  5. Not a Faith, but an Education: Epistemic Humility & the Buddhist Approach to Truth | Ajahn Nisabho 1:14:45
  6. Insane Compassion—Into the Fire With a Former Radical, Lesbian, Separatist Feminist | Robina Courtin 1:07:17
  7. Not So Great Expectations: The Danger of “What if?” & Shoulding Ourselves & Others | Bhante Rāhula 1:10:52
  8. ”Devas Take an Interest”: A Former Professor’s Vision of the Hidden Forces Among Us | Ajahn Pavaro 1:19:00
  9. Walk to the Mountain: A Vision Lands | A 3-Day Community Pilgrimage Documentary 13:37
  10. Finding (Stevie) Wonder in Your Practice: Joy as an Indispensible Spiritual Tool | Bhante Rāhula 48:00
  11. Talking Back at Māra: ”I Hate to Waste a Perfectly Good Disaster” | Ayya Sudhamma Q&A 1:12:48
  12. Recalibrating Sanity Through Unbounded Space | Ajahn Kovilo 44:22
  13. Punk Rock Dhamma: Bringing Down the Edifice With Curiosity, Humility ... But Not AI | Bhante Sujato 1:05:07
  14. What’s To Give Light Must Endure Burning: Suffering’s Alchemy in Theravāda Practice | Aj. Nisabho 51:59
  15. Into the Mire of Buddhist Controversy? How Christian Jealousy Birthed SuttaCentral | Bhante Sujato 54:43
  16. The Key of Compassion: Finding Meaning Behind Bars | Thubten Chodron 1:01:58
  17. From Uganda to the Dalai Lama: The Chronicles of an African Seeker in India | Bhante Buddharakkhita 58:10
  18. Hello Dukkha, My Old Friend: American Suffering through the Eyes of a Tough Canadian | Ajahn Pasanno 1:00:26
  19. Lunar Spirituality: The Nocturnal Dharma of Liminal Dreaming & Dream Yoga | Andrew Holecek PART TWO 1:12:55
  20. Zen & the Art of Poetry at the Edge: Everything is Waiting For You | David Whyte Q&A 59:20
  21. Meditating in Total Darkness: Divine vs Diabolical Darkness | Andrew Holecek PART ONE 1:10:12
  22. From Seattle to North Bend: A Lotus With Every Step | Ayya Anandabodhi, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho 44:51
  23. Returning to Nature through Wuwei: Simplifying, Sensitizing, & Surrendering | Jason Bartlett Q&A 1:30:07
  24. Essence, Energy, & Emptiness: Taoist Energy Alchemy for Buddhist Liberation | Ajahn Nisabho 54:38
  25. Buddhist Lotus, Taoist Roots: An Ancient Blueprint for Modern Practice | Jason Bartlett Q&A 2:05:51
  26. A How-To Guide to Space! Is There A Final Frontier? | Ajahn Kovilo 48:53
  27. We All Bow to Something: Adhiṭṭhāna, Vows, & the Architecture of Aspiration | Ajahn Nisabho 46:16
  28. How to Laugh First: Renunciate ProTips for Beautiful Breaths & Truckloads of Bliss | Ajahn Brahm Q&A 1:15:13
  29. Mahāyāna Satipaṭṭhāna: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Theravāda Bonafides | Brother Pháp Lưu Q&A 1:05:55
  30. From Dharma Prince To Homeless Beggar: A Tibetan Tudong In Love With The World | Mingyur Rinpoche 58:51
  31. The Buddha’s Blueprint for Wellbeing: It’s Not Just For Buddhist | Ajahn Kovilo 41:20
  32. Q&A: Perceiving Nibbāna, Bodhisattvas vs. Arahants, & Can Laypeople Attain Jhāna? | CM Monks 59:55
  33. Have You Forgotten Your Freedom? Prison Program Leaders & a Monk on Liberation Behind Bars | GRIP 1:06:46
  34. ”There Won’t Be a Second”: A Devotional to Luang Por Sumedho, the Most Ordinary Human | Ajahn Vinita 42:49
  35. The Miraculous Nature of the Ordinary: A Daylong Retreat on Gratitude | Bhante Rahula 2:20:32
  36. What Do You Want to Do with the Time You Have Left? The Radical Courage of Practice | Bhante Rahula 1:11:12
  37. Billionaires Crying All Night, Because They Don’t Understand Dukkha | Luang Por Damrong Siribaddho 39:15
  38. The Warrior Practice of Nooks & Crannies: A Wholehearted Guide to ”Korwat” | Ajahn Nyaniko Q&A 1:01:51
  39. Life is Just Breath... Yet Sooo Many Problems! | Luang Por Damrong Sucitto 30:05
  40. Drunk on Life: Seeing Ducks as Chickens & Life as Flickerless Flame | Luang Por Jundee 1:17:04
  41. Relationship Advice from Two Celibate Monks: Seclusion without Delusion | Aj. Kovilo & Aj. Nisabho 52:39
  42. All the Pendence! Independence, Interdependence, Co-Dependence, & Dependence | Ajahn Kovilo 34:07
  43. The Interbeing of Nun and All: A Joyful, Engaged Life with Thich Nhat Hanh | Kaira Jewel Lingo Q&A 1:05:28
  44. An Engineer’s Guide to Buddhism: A Google Acts of Peace & Joy on Demand | Chade-Meng Tan Q&A 1:03:07
  45. Five Recollections to Counter Intoxication With Youth, Health, & Life | Ajahn Kovilo 49:23
  46. Fantastic Monastics! | Ayya Niyyānika, Ajahn Pandit, Ajahn Cunda, Bhante Rāhula, & Maechee Paññāsiri 23:44
  47. The Dhamma of Asking Questions: Deep Listening Advice From A Professional Interviewer | Steve James 1:06:44
  48. ”Beware of the Perfect Monastery”: From Spiritual Idealism to Spiritual Realism | Ajahn Sudanto 15:55
  49. Uncompromising Attunement: Navigating Hellish, Hungry, & Exalted Realms & Places | Ayyā Ānandabodhī 13:37
  50. Interested & Excited: Gardening the Heart & Tooling Up Your Cultivation | Ajahn Cunda 53:36