Clear Mountain’s first year-and-a-half gave rise to a community inspired by the shared vision of a monastic presence near Seattle. We look now towards finding a physical home for the monastery and the refuge it might become for all who need it.
Ajahn Nisabho
An Architecture of Faith: Clear Mountain’s Search for a Home
Clear Mountain’s first year-and-a-half gave rise to a community inspired by the shared vision of a monastic presence near Seattle. We look now towards finding a physical home for the monastery and the refuge it might become for all who need it.
Frost & the Harvest: Clear Mountain’s First Autumn
A journal of Clear Mountain’s first autumn in Seattle, a time of cold weather and warm hands, external scarcity and internal harvest, continuing pandemic and new beginnings.
Look to the Feast: Clear Mountain’s First Summer
A journal of Clear Mountain’s first months in Seattle. Arriving in late June of 2021, Tan Nisabho quickly found himself part of a growing community of faithful from around Seattle.
Tudong to Wat Metta: Walking on Faith from L.A.
A description of Tan Nisabho’s 2019 walking pilgrimage from South of L.A. to Wat Metta, near Escondido. The traditional practice of tudong forces monastics to walk on faith and trust fully in the goodness of the world for their support.
Tudong to Wollongong: Walking on Faith in Australia
A description of Tan Nisabho’s 2017 walking pilgrimage outside of Sydney, Australia. Relying on the unsolicited generosity of strangers for food and refuge, the traditional practice of tudong testifies to the power of faith.