by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Jul 23, 2021 | Podcast
Our Waking Breath (Part 2): A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu A detailed overview of breath meditation as described in the Ānāpānasati, or “Mindfulness of Breathing” sutta. New scholarship by Bhante Analayo and others points to an interpretation of the...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Jul 17, 2021 | Podcast
Our Waking Breath (Part 1): A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu A detailed overview of breath meditation as described in the Ānāpānasati, or “Mindfulness of Breathing” sutta. New scholarship by Bhante Analayo and others points to an interpretation of the...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Jul 7, 2021 | Podcast
The Dhamma as Song: A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu In this talk, Ven. Nisabho speaks to parallels between the Dhamma and music. https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Dhamma-As-Song-with-Ven.-Nisabho.mp3 iTunes Google Play Spotify...
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | Jul 5, 2021 | Podcast
It is Possible! (AN 2.19): A Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Kovilo Ajahn Kovilo gives a talk and brief Q&A focusing on the essence of faith in Buddhism as addressed in the “Wholesome Sutta”. What is it that the Buddha said was possible in Dhamma practice?...
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | Jun 27, 2021 | Podcast
It is Possible! (AN 2.19): A Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Kovilo Ajahn Kovilo gives a talk and brief Q&A focusing on the essence of faith in Buddhism as addressed in the “Wholesome Sutta”. What is it that the Buddha said was possible in Dhamma practice?...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Jun 23, 2021 | Podcast
Principles of Communal Harmony (MN 48): A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu The Buddha gave clear instructions for how to live harmoniously in community. These six principles help guide practitioners in their personal and communal lives....
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | Jun 13, 2021 | Podcast
It is Possible! (AN 2.19): A Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Kovilo Ajahn Kovilo gives a talk and brief Q&A focusing on the essence of faith in Buddhism as addressed in the “Wholesome Sutta” (AN 2.19). What is it that the Buddha said was possible in Dhamma...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Jun 12, 2021 | Podcast
The Citadel, the Hymn, & the Beauty of Restraint: A Q&A with Nisabho Bhikkhu While restraint and structure are necessary for our practice, fixating on them can lead us to forget the refined states which are their aim....
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | May 27, 2021 | Podcast
Pain, Pleasure, & Beyond: A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu Moving towards the more refined forms of happiness praised by the Buddha allows us to cultivate a sense of well-being that is more robust, stable, and sweet than all we’ve known before....
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | May 19, 2021 | Podcast
Dependent Origination & Ignorance: A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu Our ignorance of the true nature of our experience leads us to grasp suffering time and again. Only through practice can we begin to see clearly and abandon the cause of stress....
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | May 16, 2021 | Podcast
Personality & Buddhist Practice: A Dhamma Discussion with Ajahn Kovilo and Ven. Nisabho In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ven. Nisabho will discuss “The Big Five” personality traits in relationship to Buddhist practice....
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | May 7, 2021 | Podcast
The Drum of the Deathless & Specific Conditionality: A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu In numerous discourses, the Buddha points to the “stability” of the natural processes that lead to phenomena arising. As we practice, we begin to see the world as a...
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | May 4, 2021 | Podcast
A Monk’s Social Duties (DN 31): A Dhamma Talk and Q&A with Ajahn Kovilo This talk discusses the reciprocal relationship between monastics and laypeople with specific reference to the Sigālaka Sutta: https://suttacentral.net/dn31/en/sujato...
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | Apr 28, 2021 | Podcast
Buddhist Affirmations and Purity of Bodily Conduct: A Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Kovilo In this session, Ajahn Kovilo gives a talk and brief Q&A focusing on Buddhist Affirmations and Purity of Bodily Conduct as found in “The Greater Discourse at Assapura” (MN 39...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 27, 2021 | Podcast
Purity of Purpose & the Eight Thoughts of a Great Being: A Dhamma Talk with Nisabho Bhikkhu In “The Eight Thoughts of a Great Being”, the Buddha elaborates on the qualities that characterize the pure heart, such as humility, mindfulness, and wisdom....
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | Apr 22, 2021 | Podcast
“The Greater Discourse at Assapura” (MN39) : a Q&A with Ajahn Kovilo In this session, Ajahn Kovilo answers questions about “The Greater Discourse at Assapura” (MN 39 https://suttacentral.net/mn39/en/sujato). Special emphasis is given to...
by Kovilo Bhikkhu | Apr 13, 2021 | Podcast
Getting Our Happiness Together | Ajahn Kovilo Ajahn Kovilo discusses a common pattern found in the Pali canon: the “Paths to Gladness”. In this framework, the Buddha lists various causes for a wholesome sense of gladness and relates how this mental ease...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 13, 2021 | Podcast
Discipline and Dhamma; Temple and Light | Nisabho Bhikkhu Discipline in meditation and morality is an essential part of the spiritual path, but only if held in balance with the other qualities, such as creativity, rejoicing, and loving-kindness. Just as temple walls...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Wind Touching Water: Mindfulness of Breathing (Part Four) | Nisabho Bhikkhu A detailed overview of breath meditation as described in the Ānāpānasati, or “Mindfulness of Breathing” sutta. New scholarship by Bhante Analayo and others points to an...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Wind Touching Water: Mindfulness of Breathing (Part Three) | Nisabho Bhikkhu A detailed overview of breath meditation as described in the Ānāpānasati, or “Mindfulness of Breathing” sutta. New scholarship by Bhante Analayo and others points to an...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Wind Touching Water: Mindfulness of Breathing (Part Two) | Nisabho Bhikkhu A detailed overview of breath meditation as described in the Ānāpānasati, or “Mindfulness of Breathing” sutta. New scholarship by Bhante Analayo and others points to an...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Wind Touching Water: Mindfulness of Breathing (Part One) | Nisabho Bhikkhu A detailed overview of breath meditation as described in the Ānāpānasati, or “Mindfulness of Breathing” sutta. New scholarship by Bhante Analayo and others points to an...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Tudong Contentment | Ajahn Kovilo In this talk from November 2018 given at Abhayagiri Forest Monastery, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about his recent experience walking pilgrimage, or tudong, in Caliornia with Tan Nisabho....
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Sun, Shade, & the Shifting Nature of Happiness on the Path | Nisabho Bhikkhu What we consider happiness, or “sukha”, shifts as we progress on the spiritual path. As we gain insight, old, more coarse, pleasures lose their appeal and the more sublime...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
The Triple Gem, the Gulag, & a Canopy of Meaning | Nisabho Bhikkhu The “Triple Gem” of Buddhism – the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha – can also be thought about as undeluded awareness, truth, and its manifestation in the world. Such a...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Apr 6, 2021 | Podcast
Mourning & Daybreak | Nisabho Bhikkhu The path of practice and meditation allows us to approach and deal with the great loss inherent in life. Along with the First Noble Truth’s directive to turn towards and comprehend our pain, the Buddhist path provides...
by Nisabho Bhikkhu | Mar 25, 2021 | Podcast
A Buddhist Conception of Grace | Nisabho Bhikkhu The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism provide a framework for understanding the traditionally Christian concept of grace. Only by comprehending our suffering, the directive of the First Noble Truth, can we enter into the...
