Clear Mountain Monastery Project

From Seattle to North Bend: A Lotus With Every Step | Ayya Anandabodhi, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho

00:00 Chanting Together 00:52 Ayyā Ānandabodhi — Walking Right Here 08:04 Ajahn Kovilo — Walking With Stillness: The World Moving Through Us 16:58 Ajahn Nisabho — Path

Returning to Nature through Wuwei: Simplifying, Sensitizing, & Surrendering | Jason Bartlett Q&A

ESSAYS Return to Simplicity Through Wuwei: https://luminousdharma.org/return-to-simplicity-through-wuwei/ Returning to Nature: https://luminousdharma.org/returning-to-n

Essence, Energy, & Emptiness: Taoist Energy Alchemy for Buddhist Liberation | Ajahn Nisabho

In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho the Buddha's directions towards developing jhāna through mindfulness of breathing, as articulated in the Ānāpānassati Sutta (MN 18 - https://s

Buddhist Lotus, Taoist Roots: An Ancient Blueprint for Modern Practice | Jason Bartlett Q&A

ESSAY: http://Luminousdharma.org/awakening-alchemy/ PAIRED VIDEO: https://youtu.be/_GUvwlg8bHI DESCRIPTION Awakening Alchemy is a system of body, breath, energy, and s

A How-To Guide to Space! Is There A Final Frontier? | Ajahn Kovilo

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about four doors to entering into the perception of space (ākāsa-saññā or ākāsānañcāyatana-saññā): 1) transcending form (rūpasaññāna

We All Bow to Something: Adhiṭṭhāna, Vows, & the Architecture of Aspiration | Ajahn Nisabho

In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks the importance in practice of directing attention and intention to shape our path and experience. The word "adhiṭṭāna" ("determination"

How to Laugh First: Renunciate ProTips for Beautiful Breaths & Truckloads of Bliss | Ajahn Brahm Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Ajahn Brahm, abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery (https://bswa.org/). The discussion delves into Ajahn's path to ordin

Mahāyāna Satipaṭṭhāna: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Theravāda Bonafides | Brother Pháp Lưu Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Brother Pháp Lưu, the eldest non-Vietnamese American monk in the Plum Village tradition who is currently at Deer

From Dharma Prince To Homeless Beggar: A Tibetan Tudong In Love With The World | Mingyur Rinpoche

In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho speak with Mingyur Rinpoche (https://tergar.org/) 00:00 Introduction 03:29 Monastic Background and Biography 06:22 Moti

The Buddha’s Blueprint for Wellbeing: It’s Not Just For Buddhist | Ajahn Kovilo

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about the Four Noble Truths and the Discourse on Setting in Motion of the Wheel of Dhamma in honor of Āsāḷha Pūjā. Tune in with fell

Q&A: Perceiving Nibbāna, Bodhisattvas vs. Arahants, & Can Laypeople Attain Jhāna? | CM Monks

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho celebrate Āsāḷha Pūjā by speaking about the Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma Sutta (SN 56.11 - Dhammacakkappavattanas

Have You Forgotten Your Freedom? Prison Program Leaders & a Monk on Liberation Behind Bars | GRIP

In this session, Ajahn Nisabho speaks with Kim Grose Moore and Tommy "Shakur" Ross from the GRIP (Guiding Rage Into Power) Training Institute (https://grip-traininginstit

”There Won’t Be a Second”: A Devotional to Luang Por Sumedho, the Most Ordinary Human | Ajahn Vinita

In this session, Ajahn Vinita, longtime attendant and student of Luang Por Sumedho, speaks with deep devotional warmth and sweetness about his affection and love for his

The Miraculous Nature of the Ordinary: A Daylong Retreat on Gratitude | Bhante Rahula

Gratitude Retreat Part 1: https://youtu.be/Bs-ymolbjqs In this second portion of the daylong gratitude retreat given in June of 2026, Bhante Rahula speaks about the esse

What Do You Want to Do with the Time You Have Left? The Radical Courage of Practice | Bhante Rahula

Gratitude Retreat Part 2: https://youtu.be/RJ1mAYVhJ-Y In this first talk of the daylong gratitude retreat given in June of 2026, Bhante Rahula speaks about how to use p

Billionaires Crying All Night, Because They Don’t Understand Dukkha | Luang Por Damrong Siribaddho

00:00 Intro & THAI Part-1: On Merit, Meditation, Impermanence, and Karma 15:10 ENGLISH TRANSLATION Part-1 24:25 Question: Expressing Gratitude and Asking About Sitting

The Warrior Practice of Nooks & Crannies: A Wholehearted Guide to ”Korwat” | Ajahn Nyaniko Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo will be interviewing Ajahn Nyaniko—abbot of Abhayagiri Monastery in California—about the Thai Forest methods of training the heart as found

Life is Just Breath... Yet Sooo Many Problems! | Luang Por Damrong Sucitto

00:00 Intro and THAI Part-1: On Taking Precepts 07:13 ENGLISH TRANSLATION Part-1 10:28 THAI Part-2: Main Talk 21:47 ENGLISH TRANSLATION Part-2 In this talk, Luang Po

Drunk on Life: Seeing Ducks as Chickens & Life as Flickerless Flame | Luang Por Jundee

00:00:00 THAI - Luang Por Jandee on Three Types of Drunkenness 00:15:46 ENGLISH TRANSLATION 00:32:40 Q1 - Practicing Right View as a layperson 00:33:31 THAI - Right Vi

Relationship Advice from Two Celibate Monks: Seclusion without Delusion | Aj. Kovilo & Aj. Nisabho

In this Q&A session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho discuss seclusion of body (kāya-viveka) and seclusion of mind (citta-viveka), how to apply the fourth establishment of