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://www.clearmountain.org.
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From Seattle to North Bend: A Lotus With Every Step | Ayya Anandabodhi, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
mardi 1 septembre 2026 • Durée 44:51
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 as Duty: Monastery as Container
26:59 Question: Navigating Career Transitions
31:53 Question: Managing Boredom in Relationships
37:25 Question: Balancing Duty and Presence
In this session, directly preceding their three-day pilgrimage from St. Mark's Cathedral in Capitol Hill, Seattle to the new Clear Mountain property in North Bend, Ayyā Ānandabodhi and Venerable Satima join Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho in reflecting on the why and how of Buddhist pilgrimage ("tudong") and walking meditation more broadly.
To learn more about Ayyā Ānandabodhi and Venerable Satima, visit www.parayanavihara.org
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Returning to Simplicity is an approach to Buddhist practice based on radical surrender. What we set down is the whole apparatus of impulse, obsession, discriminating, ruminating, and holding concepts about how the world should be. We are not setting down the arising of these things, but our investment in them. What we take up instead is feeling the world as it actually is.
The Buddha encouraged exploring body, mind, and environment as "not I, not me, not mine." In this discussion we look at how that seeing may be uncovered and directly experienced, and how life can open into freedom when things are entrusted back to natural function. To learn more, visit https://luminousdharma.org/.
BIO
Jason Bartlett teaches a practical, cross-traditional approach to Buddha Dharma centered on "returning to nature" — a method of releasing the sense of self by entrusting whatever arises spontaneously and uncontrolled to nature itself, drawing on prajñāpāramitā, tathāgatagarbha, and early Taoist teachings. He began meditating in 1993 at age 17, and his practice expanded over the years to include Chan, Korean Seon, and Theravāda traditions, along with study of the Pāli suttas and Mahāyāna sūtras. Following his brother's death in 2019, he founded Luminous Dharma to offer teachings freely. His mentors include Venerable Sucitta Mahātherī, Santikaro Upāsaka, Leigh Brasington, and Venerable Wu Kai Shīfù. To learn more, visit
Essence, Energy, & Emptiness: Taoist Energy Alchemy for Buddhist Liberation | Ajahn Nisabho
dimanche 23 août 2026 • Durée 54:38
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://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false). Taoist articulations of how to refine the body's energies provide practical tools for practitioners looking to refine the mind through these stages. Specifically, Jason Bartlett's "Awakening Alchemy" methodology, described in the talk and essay below, give in-depth guidance about the approach.
Video: Buddhist Lotus, Taoist Roots: An Ancient Blueprint for Modern Practice | Jason Bartlett Q&A: https://youtu.be/qlU00qmHq1E
Awakening Alchemy is a system of body, breath, energy, and spirit practices that cultivate and transform our being on multiple levels. Its concepts and approach are rooted in principles found within East Asian medicine, Taoist cultivation, and Buddhism. In this discussion we establish the principles and working points that serve as the foundation for this style of practice.
As with all techniques, these practices affect each person differently. If you experience problematic symptoms or stress while trying them, please discontinue the practice and consult a skilled practitioner of traditional East Asian medicine as needed. To learn more, visit https://luminousdharma.org/.
BIO
Jason Bartlett teaches a practical, cross-traditional approach to Buddha Dharma centered on "returning to nature" — a method of releasing the sense of self by entrusting whatever arises spontaneously and uncontrolled to nature itself, drawing on prajñāpāramitā, tathāgatagarbha, and early Taoist teachings. He began meditating in 1993 at age 17, and his practice expanded over the years to include Chan, Korean Seon, and Theravāda traditions, along with study of the Pāli suttas and Mahāyāna sūtras. Following his brother's death in 2019, he founded Luminous Dharma to offer teachings freely. His mentors include Venerable Sucitta Mahātherī, Santikaro Upāsaka, Leigh Brasington, and Venerable Wu Kai Shīfù. To learn more, visit https://luminousdharma.org/.
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A How-To Guide to Space! Is There A Final Frontier? | Ajahn Kovilo
dimanche 16 août 2026 • Durée 48:53
In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about four doors to entering into the perception of space (ākāsa-saññā or ākāsānañcāyatana-saññā):
1) transcending form (rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā);
2) setting down resistance (paṭighasaññānaṃ atthaṅgamā);
4) resting in space (‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati).
Bhikkhu Sujato Translation:
"With the...surmounting of perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, one enters and remains in the dimension of infinite space."
Bhikkhu Bodhi Translation:
"With the...surmounting of perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of sensory impact, with non-attention to perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite,’ some bhikkhu enters upon and abides in the base of infinite space."
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We All Bow to Something: Adhiṭṭhāna, Vows, & the Architecture of Aspiration | Ajahn Nisabho
dimanche 9 août 2026 • Durée 46:16
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" or "vow") describes such training, as does the Buddha's frequent admonishment to his discples, "Evañhi vo … sikkhitabbaṃ" ("Thus you should train yourselves...").
How to Laugh First: Renunciate ProTips for Beautiful Breaths & Truckloads of Bliss | Ajahn Brahm Q&A
jeudi 6 août 2026 • Durée 01:15:13
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 ordination, advice for achieving deep samādhi, thoughts on Stream Entry, stories of devas, tales of Luang Por Chah, and more.
00:00:00 Introduction and Greetings
00:00:27 Humor in Meditation and Teaching
00:01:50 Key Moments and Faith leading to Ordination
00:02:43 Joining the Cambridge University Buddhist Society
00:05:15 Psychic Research and Hunting Ghosts
00:07:18 The Impact of Deep Meditative Experiences
00:07:52 Instructions for Mindfulness of Breathing
00:10:29 Frequency of Deep Experiences in Students
00:11:34 Guiding Students Through the "Beautiful Breath"
00:13:35 The "Cheshire Cat" Simile for Deep Meditation
00:14:54 Addressing the Fear of Attachment to Bliss
00:15:35 Advice for Those Struggling to Reach Deep States
00:18:16 Reflections on Cultural Advice and Identity
00:19:44 Defining "Nibbidā" (Disenchantment or Disgust)
00:21:41 Teaching Mindfulness in Prisons
00:23:51 The Story of the Imprisoned Thai Monk
00:26:26 Avoiding Overwhelm in Monastic Administrative Roles
00:26:49 Lessons from a Monastery Bushfire
00:29:12 The Story of the Nine Bottles of Pepsi
00:36:41 Rational Belief in Devas and Making Determinations
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 Park Monastery (https://deerparkmonastery.org/).
Biography of Brother Pháp Lưu:
Ordained as a monk since December 13, 2003, Brother Chân Pháp Lưu (Brother Stream) received Transmission of the Lamp from Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh to teach in 2011. He helped start Wake-Up, the international movement for young people, as well as the Happy Farm, Plum Village’s organic farming community, and has been working with Wake-Up Schools since its inception in 2012 to bring mindfulness to schools.
He has served as a monastic editor several of Thích Nhát Hạnh’s books including Happy Teachers Change the World, Stepping Into Freedom, Cracking the Walnut, The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan, and How to Focus.
Brother Phap Luu leads mindful backpacking retreats in nature around Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California and recently co-authored a book with Brother Phap Xa called Hiking Zen.
Brother Stream has been working lately with scientists at Dartmouth College and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to develop research on the effect of Plum Village mindfulness practices on children. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Thích Nhát Hạnh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
He is the 201st disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and belongs to the 43rd generation of the Lâm Tế lineage and the 9th generation of the Liễu Quán school.
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From Dharma Prince To Homeless Beggar: A Tibetan Tudong In Love With The World | Mingyur Rinpoche
lundi 3 août 2026 • Durée 58:51
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 Motivation for the Wandering Pilgrimage
10:30 Utility and Traps of the Self-Image
15:36 Near-Death Experience in Kushinagar
24:48 Dynamic Between Effort and Non-Effort
30:36 Innate Qualities of Awareness, Love, and Compassion
40:56 Pointing-Out Instructions and Lineage Transmission
46:05 Nature of Mind as Mundane vs. Transcendent
52:20 Preparing for the Process of Dying
58:03 Closing Blessing and Remarks
Mingyur Rinpoche Biography:
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (born 1975) is a Tibetan Nepali master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, a bestselling author, and the leader of the international Tergar Meditation Community. Raised by his father, the prominent Dzogchen and Mahamudra meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, he began studying meditation at age nine, entered formal training at Sherab Ling Monastery in India at age eleven, was recognized by the 16th Karmapa and by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as a tulku-incarnation of historical Adept Meditation masters at age twelve, began his first 3-year retreat at age 13, became functioning abbot of Sherab Ling at age twenty, and received full monastic ordination at age twenty-three. In addition to completing the construction of Tergar Monastery in Bodhgaya and overseeing Tergar Osel Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Rinpoche embarked on a transformative four-year wandering retreat/pilgrimage in 2011 recounted in his book _In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying. He is also well-known globally for his accessible approach to meditation, detailed in his international bestselling books The Joy of Living (2007) and Joyful Wisdom (2009), and through his stepwise online courses available through Varjrayana Online (
The Buddha’s Blueprint for Wellbeing: It’s Not Just For Buddhist | Ajahn Kovilo
dimanche 2 août 2026 • Durée 41:20
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.
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00:38:21 The Story of the Winning Horse in Singapore
00:41:58 Thoughts on Bodhisattvas and Enlightened Beings
00:44:27 Comparing the Bodhisattva Ideal and the Theravada Path
00:46:47 Addressing Skepticism Toward Rebirth and Devas
00:49:00 Recalling Early Life and Past Life Memories
00:52:03 Ending Doubt and the Experience of Stream Entry
00:53:39 Reflecting on a False Experience of Enlightenment
00:59:29 Advice for a Younger Self at Key Junctures
01:02:18 Finding Hope Amidst Suffering and World Events
01:04:09 Lightning Round: Cleaning vs. Meditation
01:04:57 Lightning Round: The Biggest Test of Patience
01:05:27 Lightning Round: On Sitting Quietly Alone
01:05:49 Lightning Round: Favorite Sutta
01:06:15 Lightning Round: Most Influential Teacher After Ajahn Chah
01:09:45 Final Reflection: A Favorite Memory of Ajahn Chah
01:14:52 Closing Advice for Young Monastics
Ajahn Brahm's Biography in Brief:
Ajahn Brahm (Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera), born in London in 1951, is a Theravada Buddhist monk. Ajahn Brahm grew up in London and earned a degree in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University. Disillusioned with the world of academe, he trained as a monk in the jungles of Thailand under Ajahn Chah. A monk for over thirty years, Ajahn Brahm is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, in Serpentine, Western Australia—one of the largest monasteries in the southern hemisphere; and he has also been influential in establishing Dhammasara Nuns' Monastery northeast of Perth. He is the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, and spiritual adviser for various Buddhist centers throughout Asia and Australia. His books include "Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook", "Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung", "The Art of Disappearing," and "Don't Worry Be Grumpy".
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