Clear Mountain Monastery

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho discuss the the Nobel Prize winning author Hermann Hesse and his influential books Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and others.

In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho describes the concept of the demonic and evil in Buddhist thought, along with cosmological depictions of these mindstates and how we can interact with them.

In this interview, Joseph Goldstein speaks about his teacher, Munindra-ji, his encounters with the famous meditator, Dipa Ma, "the experience of zero", moments of awakening, how to integrate deep Dhamma practice into a lay life, the shared insight unifying Buddhist traditions, and more!

In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho describes the 12 links of Dependent Origination, or Paṭiccasamuppāda, the Buddha's model for how avijjā, or ignorance, leads to suffering. By understanding the model clearly, we can step outside of it.

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Francisco Gable and Rachel Lewis about the practices of compassion and emptiness, especially as taught by Bhante Analayo.

In this session, we discuss the "suffusion with the divine abidings" instructions:

"I will abide pervading one quarter with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, likewise the second, likewise the third, likewise the fourth, so above and below, around and everywhere, and to all as to myself. I will abide pervading the all-encompassing world with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility and without ill will."

"mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṃ, tathā tatiyaṃ, tathā catutthaṃ. Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati."

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview author, translator, and teacher Bill Porter, aka Red Pine, about the art and practice of translation and encountering living and deceased hermits in mountains and texts.

In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho describes the core Buddhist practice of body contemplation, including reflection on the 32 parts, charnel ground contemplation, and contemplation of the elements.

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview influential Tibetan Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten, touching on such subjects as Dzogchen, Rigpa, "pointing out instructions", and their possible Theravada correlates.

In this talk, Ajahn Nyaniko speaks about gratitude as a gateway to the wholesome, muditā as rejoicing, and other paths to goodness.