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.
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The Order of the Holy Cross is an Anglican Benedictine monastic community of men founded in 1884 by James Otis Sargent Huntington to provide a specifically North American expression of monasticism. Our commitment to worship and prayer has sustained our work since the 19th century. Our primary ministry is welcoming guests on individual and group retreats. Continue Community: https://www.facebook.com/holy.cross.west.park/See What We're Doing: https://www.instagram.com/holycross.westpark/Guest ...
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The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ...
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The show that hotdogs, grandstands, and make general fools of ourselves for at least two hours.
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Modernist Monastery is a podcast about the connection between ancient philosophical or spiritual practices and modern scientific research. More importantly, it’s a show about how to apply that connection to your everyday life.
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輪迴中的我們,都是迷路的小孩, 準備這些地圖,願你早日啟程。 迷途中的指南針, 黑暗中的一盞燈, 燥熱中的清涼泉, 寒霜中的溫暖焰。 四念處禪修課程 師資:隆波帕默尊者、阿姜宋彩尊者、阿姜給尊者、阿姜塔努宋尊者、麥琪奧蘭努、阿姜巴山、阿姜蘇納瓦、阿姜納、阿姜妮、阿姜松 靜慮林網站:www.shineling.org 走,修行吧!App:www.godhamma.alicloud1688.com/
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Conversations at the intersection of contemplation and hardcore. This podcast focuses on themes such as Thomas Merton, punk and hardcore, social justice, history, religious studies and more.
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Spiritual Readings from Holy Cross Monastery
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Smaller Vehicle? We have TEN Perfections! The New Year in Ten Pāramis | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
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55:13In this talk, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho describe the 10 pāramis, or spiritual perfections, as priorities for the New Year. In these qualities, we find a rich language to describe the growth of heart daily practice brings.. The Pāramī include: 1) Generosity — Dāna; 2) Morality — Sīla; 3) Renunciation — Nekkhamma; 4) Discernment or Wisdom – Paññ…
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Br. Francis Beckham's Sermon for the Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, January 1, 2026
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10:53Autor: Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 12/21/25 - In celebration of Hojin Sensei's formal installation as abbot of Zen Center of New York City and Fire Lotus Temple, Shugen Roshi takes up Master Wu-Men's Gateless Gate Case 22—Mahākāśyapa’s Flagpole—unfolding its historical resonance to illuminate the journey of women in Buddhism and their enduring p…
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The Greatest Misunderstanding - 12_21_25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org (1)
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1:08:38https://youtu.be/K39eTvnnnzsAutor: Sokuzan
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Luminous Lowliness: Eight Tibetan Mind Trainings to Short-Circuit the Self | Ajahn Nisabho
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20:26In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about using the traditional eight Tibetan Mind Training verses (https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/geshe-langri-thangpa/eight-verses-training-mind) to relinquish the self and find the deeper peace of humility. Eight Verses of Training the Mind by Geshe Langri Thangpa 1. By thinking of all sentient beings…
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Theravāda Tag Team: No Self Left Standing! | Doug Smith & Jon Aaron Roundtable
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1:00:19In this roundtable discussion, Ajahn Kovilo and Nisabho speak with Doug Smith (of Doug's Dharma YouTube channel) and Jon Aaron - the cohosts of Diggin' the Dharma. The conversation touched on themes Secular Buddhism vs Traditional Buddhism, the sacred, belief in rebirth, saddhā (faith), Mundane Right View vs Transcendent Right View, attachment to v…
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Br. Bruno Santana's Sermon for the First Sunday after Christmas Day, December 28, 2025
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What Would Land Mean? A 9-min Message from the Board Vice President & President | Friends of CM
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9:09Land Page: https://www.friendsofclearmountain.org/land/ Full Land Reveal Video: https://youtu.be/8z4kwFzSyzU In this presentation, Kim Tull-Esterbrook, President of Friends of Clear Mountain, and Steve Wilhelm, Vice-President, speak about what a forest monastery could mean for the Pacific Northwest, and how those who are inspired can help this happ…
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2025 Year-End Review: A 38 Highest Blessings Brief - What Is Your ”Vihāra-Dhamma”? | Ajahn Kovilo
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11:07In this short session, Ajahn Kovilo introduces the concept of a "vihāra-dhamma," a tool for sustaining the heart, asking: What is your "Vihāra Dhamma"? Your way to home? Your abiding principle? Also highlighted is the Sutta on the Highest Blessings (https://www.abhayagiri.org/reflections/131-mangala-sutta) as a wise checklist for evaluating one's 2…
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Br. Robert James Magliula's Sermon for Christmas Day, December 25, 2025
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11:16Autor: Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)
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The Monastery Begins: A 3-Month Countdown to Potential Land! | Clear Mountain Monks & Friends Board
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53:25https://www.friendsofclearmountain.org/land/ 00:00 - Beginning 2:00 - Thai Forest Tradition (Roots) 4:46 - Clear Mountain's goals 7:10 - Clear Mountain's phased plan 13:31 - Introducing Friends of Clear Mountain Board 18:35 - The story of Clear Mountain 29:00 - Searching for land 33:25 - Potential land in North Bend! 38:05 - Team, Due Diligence pro…
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Br. Josep Martinez-Cubero's Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2025
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Love Actually: Liberating the Heart Through the Brahmavihārās | Ajahn Nisabho
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52:09In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about the power of developing the four brahmavihārā (divine abodes), of mettā (loving-kindness), karuṇā (compassion), muditā (rejoicing), and upekkhā (equipoise). By constantly invoking these skillful emotions, we create a breadth of heart which can hold all beings and lead to liberation. ---- Tune in with fellow …
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Pick-Ax Dhamma: Deep Mining the Four Foundations of Mindfulness | Joseph Goldstein Q&A
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1:16:14In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Joseph Goldstein about his perspectives on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as taught in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato?lang=en&) and elaborated upon in his book "Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening." The conversation touches on Joseph's personal r…
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Why Are You Listening to Me - 12/14/25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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49:41https://youtu.be/6frtLBeD1vkAutor: Sokuzan
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 12/14/25 - In this season of giving, we naturally think of celebration, connection, and gratitude for the family, friends, and community that sustains us. Dana Paramita invites us to open our awareness and our hearts to those around us who may be struggling, alone, or lacking what we ourselves enjoy. So... thes…
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Path of Enlightenment: Stage 3 – Seeing the Ox
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48:50Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/14/25 - “In spring the sun in the green willow strands— See its timeless form.” - In this talk Hojin Sensei takes us on the journey of the third stage on the Path of Enlightenment—Seeing the OX. This is where we actually catch a first direct glimpse of our vast, boundless, ungraspable true nature. Why is the O…
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Br. Scott Wesley Borden's Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2025
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Sloth & Torture & Four Aspects of Clear Knowing | Ayya Suvijjānā & Ayya Niyyānika
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57:15In this talk, Ayya Suvijjana and Ayya Niyyanika speak about the 4 aspects of sati-sampajañña, or mindfulness and clear comprehension, outlined in the commentarial teachings. By considering actions in terms of purpose, suitability, domain, and non-confusion, we can see reality more clearly, and let go of ignorance. To learn more about Ayya Suvijjānā…
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Sri Lanka’s Meditation Renaissance: Forest Practice & the Magic of the Mind | Ven. Chandaratana Q&A
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1:01:58In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Venerable Chandaratana about Ven. Matara Srī Ñāṇārāma Maha Thero, the way of practice at Na Uyana and Nissarana Vanaya Forest Monasteries, the practice of the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness, finding joy in meditation, the benefits of memorizing Pāḷi, and more. Learn more about Ven. Chandaratan…
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Br. Robert James Magliula's Sermon for the Initial Profession of the Monastic Vow of Br. Daniel Benjamin Hansknecht OHC, December 9, 2025
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Bodhi Day: The Source of Milk at the Shake Shack
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43:06Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 12/07/25 - Celebrating Buddha’s Enlightenment, enjoy this talk of Hojin Sensei’s in looking at Buddha’s most important teaching —the story of his own journey to enlightenment. It is worth repeating as an essential guide for our own spiritual journey. In order to do this well we have to learn how to lean in. Rumi …
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Novice Ordination for Shindo Kisch
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1:00:01ZMM - 12/07/25 - Shugen Roshi officiates the Novice Monastic Ordination ceremony for Rebecca Shindo Kisch; a joyful occasion - both a home-leaving and a homecoming - that Master Dogen described as "a day for turning cartwheels." Shindo is currently the Monastery's Gardener, and helps coordinate the National Buddhist Prison Sangha. She became a form…
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Br. David Bryan Hoopes' Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2025
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What is Appropriate - 12/7/25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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1:08:14https://youtu.be/kWspSlObHF4Autor: Sokuzan
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Triangulate Your Problem: Can’t Sit Quietly? Can’t Walk Boldly? Or Just Can’t Let Go? | Ajahn Kovilo
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46:56In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about several Buddhist triads: - 1) radical introversion; 2) radical extroversion; and 3) the Middle Way - 1) interoception; 2) proprioception/kinesthesia; 3) exteroception - 1) Buddha; 2) Dhamma; and 3) Saṅgha.d And proposes a "Nine Breath Challenge" - taking one minute to recite the 3-fold refuge: Breaths #1-3…
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Deathless Zen: Sati, Satori, & the Koan of Cessation | Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi Q&A
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56:16In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Zen meditation teacher and founder of Awakening Dharma, Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi. Subjects discussed include the Pau Auk meditation system, techniques for deepening jhāna, and the concepts of Cessation, Awakening, and the Deathless across Zen and Theravāda traditions. To learn more about …
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/30/25 - This talk on a koan from an early Chan teacher is taken up by Shugen Roshi to look at the ubiquity of our dualistic habits of mind. Koans work with language to help us see our minds more clearly, to see where we cloud ourselves with judgements and bias and distract ourselves with endless arguments. J…
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/30/25 - Into this season of gatherings with family, friends, communities, Hojin Sensei illuminates ways we might practice relationships on this noble path in taking up this koan and Dogen’s guiding practices on embracing the ways as a Bodhisattva. This practice of choosing the larger heart. - From The Hidden L…
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Br. Randy Greve's Sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2025
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Bitter Truths from a “Sweet Little Nun”: The Enemy of the Self-Centered Mind | Thubten Chodron
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1:12:18In this session, Ven. Thubten Chodron, founder of Sravasti Abbey, visits Clear Mountain's Saturday gathering and shares insights into the self-centered mind and how not to fall for its tricks. Sharing insights from nearly 50 years in robes, she speaks about how we can learn to consider others' wellbeing as of equal importance to our own, and cultiv…
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Forms in Consciousness - 11_30_25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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50:21https://youtu.be/hcLUAnNj0ycAutor: Sokuzan
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The (Buddhist) Moral Landscape & Sam’s Path to Not-Self: Drop Out, Tune In, Point Out | Sam Harris
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1:05:07This is PART TWO of Clear Mountain's interview with Sam Harris. Watch PART ONE here: https://youtu.be/cYamzDDJR8w?si=v5O0YrlBS0zT7g9r 00:00:07 Introduction 00:01:30 The Details of Sam's spiritual biography & the paradox of meaning? 00:19:49 Who else was on the trip with Sam to see Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche? 00:26:22 What preliminaries enabled the Dzogc…
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Br. Aidan Owen's Sermon for the Feast of James Otis Sargent Huntington, November 25, 2025
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10:43Autor: Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)
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Danica Shoan Ankele, Sensei - 11/23/25 - How do we know what is ultimately true? In this koan from the Mumonkan, Shoan Sensei delves into the ordinariness of profound truth that is everywhere, its depth and benefits within reach. And yet there is still practice and investigation that must be engaged to feel into the distinction. - From Master Wu-me…
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Br. Robert Sevensky's Sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Christ the King, November 23, 2025
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The Aṅgulimāla Method: How to Forgive a Killer, Die a Saint, & Love like a Mother | Bhante Sumitta
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58:31In this talk, Bhante Sumitta, joining Clear Mountain on a special occasion with 13 other monastics, speaks about the power of mettā, or loving-kindness, in developing the 11 benefits described by the Buddha in the Mettā Sutta (AN 11.15 - https://suttacentral.net/an11.15/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&sc…
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Distracted Consciousness - 11/23/25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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1:12:40https://youtu.be/t9CotMTjABwAutor: Sokuzan
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/22/25 - This final section of Shugen Roshi’s Genjokoan commentary looks at the dynamic tension between conceptual learning and the experience of insight. Insight brings clarity, but it is practice which allows the space to open, so that wisdom and compassion arise together. When we experience what reaches ev…
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Ron Hogen Green, Sensei - ZMM - 10/20/25 - The moment when each person decides to step into the unknown, to an authentic life where our karma does not determine our choices, is a turning point. Hogen Sensei picks up the opening line from Genjokoan, ”When all dharmas are Buddhadharma…” as that moment when everything has the great potential to change…
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 11/19/25 - Our personal experience is what guides and corrects our steps on a dharma path, and this section of Genjokoan provides this reminder again of the deep conviction that arises only from experience, the verification that truly liberates, within our everyday lives. - Fall 2025 Ango - Genjokoan Series of …
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Letter to a Buddhist Nation: Rebirth, Refuge, & the Limits of Skepticism | Sam Harris Q&A
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1:39:32This is PART ONE of Clear Mountain's interview with Sam Harris. Watch PART TWO on Wednesday, Nov. 26th. 00:00:07 Introduction 00:01:50 Is it okay to choose what one takes from Buddhism? 00:12:25 Is Sam a Buddhist? What is Sam's relationship to faith in the Triple Gem? 00:30:03 Faith in the Sangha? Is there value in living a monastic life? 00:43:02 …
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Shoan Sensei’s Dharma Transmission Vows and a Talk with Shugen Roshi and Shoan Sensei
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30:28Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi and Danica Shoan Ankele, Sensei - ZMM - 11/16/25 - After introducing Shoan Sensei, and after Shoan offers her Vows to the sangha, Shugen Roshi begins his discourse with the story of one of our great women ancestors, Moshan Liaoran Daiosho. It is a story pointing to the intimacy of the path itself, and to the question o…
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Br. Robert James Magliula's Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, November 16, 2025
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What Should I Do - 11_16_25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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The Horror, the Drama, & the Dhamma: Awakening from Samsara’s Theatre | Ayya Ānandabodhī
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34:36In this talk, Ayya Ānandabodhī speaks about Bio Ayya Ānandabodhī was born and raised in Wales, UK. Ayya first encountered the Buddha’s teaching in her early teens while reading about the Four Noble Truths. This was life-changing and from that moment she experienced a deep confidence in the Buddha’s insight and a wish to understand his teachings mor…
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Hippie to Happy: A Born-Again Buddhist’s Path from Prison to Peace | Bhante Y. Rāhula Q&A
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59:18In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho speak with revered Buddhist monk and longtime yogi Bhante Yogavacara Rāhula of Lion of Wisdom Meditation Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland about his wild journey from the hippie trail into Buddhist monastic life. Topics discussed include details about his early hippie days, glimpses into his book "On…
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Br. Ephrem Arcement's Sermon for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, November 9, 2025
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16:42Autor: Holy Cross Monastery Sermons (West Park)
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The Upāsakā Code: How to Be More Than Just a Weekend Buddhist | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
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54:54Clear Mountain Upāsakā Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GtgmYKj-XrBaqLDhTeHP32TZe4PpHkLHSajrZyrgVj8/edit?usp=sharing In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho describe the Upāsakā lay Buddhist form in 13 (optional but awesome) moves: Introduction to the Upāsaka form (1) Take Refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha (The Esse…
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You May Think You See The Truth - 11/9/25 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org
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1:08:08https://youtu.be/ggE7tWcvps4Autor: Sokuzan
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