Clear Mountain Monastery Project

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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.clearmountainmonastery.org.

Episode Date
Hey Ego! The Trees Don’t Care: Heartwood Forest Dhamma | A. Anandabodhi, A. Niyyanika, Tan Tejassi
May 03, 2026
Clash of the Titans of Translation: The Buddha Across Language, Tradition, Time, AI | Ajahn Brahmali
Apr 30, 2026
A Buddhist Response to Artificial Intelligence: A Nuanced Perspective | Randima Fernando Q&A
Apr 30, 2026
FAQ/Q&A: How Clear? Which Mountain? Monastery What? | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
Apr 27, 2026
Sacred Boredom: Unhooking, Enoughness, and The Path of Getting Better at Happiness | Ajahn Kovilo
Apr 26, 2026
Mental HealthMaxxing! The Tools of Retreat Meet Full-Spectrum Humanity | CMM Ajahns
Apr 19, 2026
Tantra! Vajra! Guru! Aaaa! An Indo-Tibetan Primer - Every Syllable About Ethics | Jay Garfield Q&A
Apr 16, 2026
No Best Friends: Sympathetic Resonance & the Architecture of Spiritual Community | Ajahn Nisabho
Apr 12, 2026
Sacrifice & Grace: Leg Lost & Pain Meditation Tested on a Cold Foreign Highway | Ajahn Mahā Dam
Apr 09, 2026
All About Suffering – The First (and Hardest) Truth AKA Anicca’s Ugly Cousin | Ajahn Kovilo
Apr 04, 2026
Through Heaven, Hell, & Hecklers: Walking for Peace Through America in Crisis | Bhante Paññākāra Q&A
Apr 02, 2026
The Wingspan of Humility: Buddhist Teachings on Removing the Dart of Pride | Ajahn Nisabho
Mar 29, 2026
A Monk, His Dog, & All the World: 2,300 Miles, 108 Days, 1 Great Vow | Bhante Paññākāra Q&A
Mar 26, 2026
Clear Mountain .... MONASTERY! A Dream Landed & Our Hopes for the Future | CM Monastics & Community
Mar 22, 2026
Metta Without Makeup: Robes Since 11 & Love in Bare Feet | Bhante Sumitta Q&A
Mar 19, 2026
’Dedicating Goodness’ for Beginners: Intercontinental Metta & Prayer for Skeptics! | Ajahn Kovilo
Mar 14, 2026
MN 82: Ratthapala Sutta - Foremost in Ordaining on Pure Conviction | 10-Minute Majjhima
Mar 12, 2026
Saṃsāra’s Like This: Upheaval in Mexico, Mischievous Blessings, & Garlands of Skulls | Bhante Rāhula
Mar 09, 2026
Dark Matter, Bright Gods: Buddhist Cosmology as Contemplative Psychology | Ajahn Nisabho
Mar 08, 2026
The Birth of Western Dharma: A Holy & Harried History of Ajahns, Sayadaws, & Roshis | Jack Kornfield
Mar 05, 2026
Buddhist Emotional Intelligence: Thirty-Six Moods to Choose From! | Ajahn Kovilo
Mar 01, 2026
After the Laundry the Ecstasy: Ajahn Chah, Enlightenment, & a Dhammic Life’s Legacy | Jack Kornfield
Feb 26, 2026
Stop Generating: Samādhi as Reinforcement Learning & an Open-Weights Model of Joy | Ajahn Nisabho
Feb 22, 2026
From Esquire CEO to Dancing With Life: From Long Poor Saṃsāra to Luang Por Sumedho | Phillip Moffitt
Feb 19, 2026
Happy All-entine’s Day! The Who-, What- & Where-Methods of Loving-Kindness Meditation | Ajahn Kovilo
Feb 15, 2026
Dhamma Political Strategy: Preceptocracy, Authenticity, & a Pony of Love for Everyone | Ayya Sobhanā
Feb 12, 2026
The Choice Architecture of Refuge: From Sitting to Reading to Feeling to Faith | Ajahn Kovilo
Feb 09, 2026
6,000 Meals – Just One Bowl: Full-Contact Lessons From Monastic Eating (4 Nutriments) | Ajahn Kovilo
Feb 08, 2026
Decoding the Matrix Through Dependent Origination: Life Lessons from Bhante G | Bhante Jayasāra Q&A
Feb 05, 2026
Q&A: Final Death Moment & Rebirth, the Nature of Citta, &... Cats vs. Dogs? | Ajahn Nisabho
Feb 01, 2026
Ask a Monastic! Is Grief Buddhist, Facing Boredom, & Escaping Desert Islands? | CMM & Bhante Rāhula
Feb 01, 2026
A Paradise Built in Hell: Upekkhā & the Buddhist Response to Political Panic | Ajahn Nisabho
Jan 24, 2026
Brokenhearted Awe: G.R.A.C.E Blown Wide Open & Empathy at the Edge | Roshi Joan Halifax
Jan 22, 2026
1 Month Gone, 2 Left! Elk Trails, a Flood of Generosity, & What the Heck is Due Diligence?
Jan 19, 2026
”Why We’re Not a Cult” Or ”Going Forth” From Consumerism, Egoism, and Other Bad -Isms | Ajahn Kovilo
Jan 18, 2026
10,000 Joys & 10,000 Sorrows: DEAD Serious Practice to Abundant Enoughness | James Baraz Q&A
Jan 15, 2026
The Rebel of Suan Mokkh: Rebirth, Cancer, & the Four Truths of Dhammic Socialism | Santikaro Q&A
Jan 09, 2026
A Nightmare, A Butterfly, & the Disbanding That Reveals Nibbāna | Willa Thāniya & Eliza Day
Jan 08, 2026
Smaller Vehicle? We have TEN Perfections! The New Year in Ten Pāramis | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
Jan 04, 2026
Luminous Lowliness: Eight Tibetan Mind Trainings to Short-Circuit the Self | Ajahn Nisabho
Jan 02, 2026
Theravāda Tag Team: No Self Left Standing! | Doug Smith & Jon Aaron Roundtable
Jan 01, 2026
What Would Land Mean? A 9-min Message from the Board Vice President & President | Friends of CM
Dec 29, 2025
2025 Year-End Review: A 38 Highest Blessings Brief - What Is Your ”Vihāra-Dhamma”? | Ajahn Kovilo
Dec 28, 2025
The Monastery Begins: A 3-Month Countdown to Potential Land! | Clear Mountain Monks & Friends Board
Dec 25, 2025
Love Actually: Liberating the Heart Through the Brahmavihārās | Ajahn Nisabho
Dec 20, 2025
Pick-Ax Dhamma: Deep Mining the Four Foundations of Mindfulness | Joseph Goldstein Q&A
Dec 18, 2025
Sloth & Torture & Four Aspects of Clear Knowing | Ayya Suvijjānā & Ayya Niyyānika
Dec 13, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Meditation Renaissance: Forest Practice & the Magic of the Mind | Ven. Chandaratana Q&A
Dec 11, 2025
Triangulate Your Problem: Can’t Sit Quietly? Can’t Walk Boldly? Or Just Can’t Let Go? | Ajahn Kovilo
Dec 06, 2025
Deathless Zen: Sati, Satori, & the Koan of Cessation | Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi Q&A
Dec 04, 2025
Bitter Truths from a “Sweet Little Nun”: The Enemy of the Self-Centered Mind | Thubten Chodron
Nov 30, 2025
The (Buddhist) Moral Landscape & Sam’s Path to Not-Self: Drop Out, Tune In, Point Out | Sam Harris
Nov 27, 2025
The Aṅgulimāla Method: How to Forgive a Killer, Die a Saint, & Love like a Mother | Bhante Sumitta
Nov 23, 2025
Letter to a Buddhist Nation: Rebirth, Refuge, & the Limits of Skepticism | Sam Harris Q&A
Nov 19, 2025
The Horror, the Drama, & the Dhamma: Awakening from Samsara’s Theatre | Ayya Ānandabodhī
Nov 15, 2025
Hippie to Happy: A Born-Again Buddhist’s Path from Prison to Peace | Bhante Y. Rāhula Q&A
Nov 13, 2025
The Upāsakā Code: How to Be More Than Just a Weekend Buddhist | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
Nov 09, 2025
Confessions of a Buddhist Scholar: Esotericism, Alchemy, & the Limits of Academia | Sarah Shaw Q&A
Nov 06, 2025
Buddhism: Unitarianism Without the You – A UU Dharma Bum Biopic | Ajahn Kovilo
Nov 05, 2025
An Arahant & Chat-GPT Discuss Nibbāna... Risks & Possibilities of AI Dhamma | Ajahn Sādaro
Nov 01, 2025
Devas, Māras, & Elephant Stories, Lay Stream Entry, & Wearing White in Buddhism | Ajahn Nisabho Q&A
Oct 30, 2025
Breaking the Clock: Dependent Origination & the Timeless Citta | Ajahn Nisabho
Oct 25, 2025
Beyond Matter: The Observer Effect, Timelessness, & the Primacy of Consciousness | Bogdan Staszewski
Oct 23, 2025
Bhikkhunis, Butlers, & Card-Carrying Sotāpannas: A Non-PC Tour of Dhamma Diversity | Ajahn Munissara
Oct 19, 2025
Monk Life: ”Less Dreadful Than I Would’ve Thought” | Ajahn Narindo Q&A
Oct 16, 2025
(A)Political Buddhism: True But Not Right, Right But Not True | Ayya Santussika
Oct 11, 2025
Empty Space Alight: A Compassionate Theravāda Search for the Nature of Awareness | Guy Armstrong Q&A
Oct 09, 2025
The Lie Behind Shy: A Buddhist Response to People-Fear and Self-Implication | Ajahn Kovilo
Oct 04, 2025
Deep Thai Buddhism: Soft Skills for a Hard Life & Living the Monk Dream | Ajahn Dan Thiracitto Q&A
Oct 02, 2025
Heaviest Teachings, Lightest Touch: 4 Hallucinations (No AI Necessary) | Ayya Brahmavara
Sep 27, 2025
Brothers & Sisters in Dhamma: A Case Study | Karuna Buddhist Vihara Q&A
Sep 25, 2025
Not-Self-Help Guide: Upaṭṭhāking Luang Por Sumedho & the Beauty of Service | Ajahn Asoko Q&A
Sep 20, 2025
Tara & the Theras! Radical Acceptance & Radical Compassion in an Unraveling World | Tara Brach Q&A
Sep 18, 2025
Death Dhamma: Lessons from Life’s Edge | Ajahn Nisabho
Sep 13, 2025
Love Is the Only Thing ... Oh, and PBT, RFT, ACT & Infinite Relationality | Steven Hayes Q&A
Sep 11, 2025
Buddhist Work Ethic: Be Diligent to Do Good; Be Lazy to Do Evil | Ajahn Kovilo
Sep 06, 2025
”You’re Acting Like an Idiot. Just Stop It!” Finding a Teacher; Keeping Your Humor | Ajahn Mudito
Sep 04, 2025
The Dhamma of Cold Plunging, Equanimity with News... & that New Apple Watch? | Ajahn Nisabho Q&A
Aug 30, 2025
First Awakening: The Irreversible Step of Sotāpanna | Ajahn Suchart Q&A
Aug 28, 2025
Understand, Purify, Transform: Metta & Insight to Unknot Wanting | Ayya Ānandabodhī
Aug 23, 2025
Monastic Training in Fourteen Points | Āyasmā Ariyadhammika Q&A
Aug 21, 2025
A 5-Element Taxonomy of Happiness: Pick Your Sukha! | Ajahn Kovilo
Aug 16, 2025
In the Footsteps of Arahants: Saṅgha & Solitude in Sri Lanka | Bhante Joe Atulo Q&A
Aug 14, 2025
Taoist Energies, Saṅkhāra’s Meaning, Buddhist Sleep Advice, & Awareness Itself | Ajahn Nisabho Q&A
Aug 09, 2025
Open Buddhist University: A Course for Deprogramming the Mind | Khemarato Bhikkhu Q&A
Aug 07, 2025
Empty of Self, Full of Reality: Suññatā, Emptiness & Nibbāna | Ajahn Nisabho Q&A
Aug 03, 2025
Four Noble Friends: Male Archetypes & Vinaya Insights | Jin Chuan Shi & Jin Wei Shi
Jul 31, 2025
When the Sit Hits the Fan: Practice When Practice Fails | Ajahn Kovilo
Jul 26, 2025
Forays into Multi-yāna Fauna: The Many Modes & Toads of Practice | Ayyā Sucittā Q&A
Jul 24, 2025
One Excellent Night–Every Day: Thirteen Years of Dhamma from a Korean Mountain | Ayyā Sucittā
Jul 20, 2025
The Freedom of Wandering: Reflections of an Itinerant Monk | Guṇavīro Bhikkhu Q&A
Jul 17, 2025
Entering ”Buddhist Lent”: A 90-Day Uplevel Challenge in Three Pillars | Ajahn Kovilo
Jul 12, 2025
No Westerners, No Thais: Just the Five Aggregates | Luang Por Damrong
Jul 05, 2025
”Take the Normal ... and Attain the Highest Peace” | Luang Por Khoon Aggadhammo
Jul 05, 2025
”This Body is Just a Hotel ... You Don’t Own It!” | LP Damrong Siribhaddo
Jul 04, 2025
”Death is Normal” – How to Take the Dhamma as Your Secure Refuge | LP Khoon Aggadhammo
Jul 04, 2025
Freedom Behind Bars: Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy | Thubten Chodron & the Sravasti Prison Project
Jul 01, 2025
Open, Free, Unentangled, Interconnected: Community Building with the Bojjhaṅgas | Ayya Ānandabodhī
Jun 29, 2025
The New Gandhara: Clear Mountain & the Confluence of East & West | Luang Por Sona
Jun 28, 2025
Ajahn Sona’s Hot Take on ”Greek & Persian Influence in Early Buddhism” | Ajahn Sona Q&A
Jun 26, 2025