A Buddhist Guide to Sanity in an Election Year | Ajahn Nisabho

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A Buddhist Guide to Sanity in an Election Year | Ajahn Nisabho

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Feb 18, 2024

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In this session, Ajahn Nisabho speaks on being a pacifist in the culture wars.

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Feb 18, 2024

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Dharma talks from monastics at Clear Mountain, an aspiring Buddhist Thai Forest monastery in the greater Seattle area. The Thai 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://wwww.clearmountainmonastery.org.

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Buddhist Insights From Ancient Gandhāra | Prof. Richard Salomon Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Nisabho interviews Prof. Richard G. Salomon, a former professor at University of Washington and one of the worlds leading experts in the ancient Gandhari scrolls. For more information, see his most recent book, The Buddhist Literat by Clear Mountain Monastery
47 min listen
Light That Lands on Nothing: Nibbāna, the Deathless, & Awakening | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about the Buddhist concept of Enlightenment, and the intuition, practices, and steps which can draw us closer to it. by Clear Mountain Monastery
50 min listen
Solitary Refinement: How 12 Years in a Cave Can Change the World | Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on the topics of Rigpa, training in seclusion and society, debate, female ordination, and much more. To support the nuns community Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo founded and guides p by Clear Mountain Monastery
55 min listen
The Womb of the Buddha: From Yoniso-Manasikāra to Tathāgata-Garbha | Ajahn Kovilo: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about the birth of the Buddha and the place and implications of yoniso-manasikāra as turning the mind to the womb. by Clear Mountain Monastery
55 min listen
The Sacred, the Beautiful, & Other Technologies of the Heart | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about the need to bring joy, beauty, and love into spiritual practice to sustain and strengthen the heart through the acts of relinquishment the path also entails. by Clear Mountain Monastery
57 min listen
Finding the Right in Writing | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho speak about the using writing as a Dhamma support. by Clear Mountain Monastery
48 min listen
Healing Kundalini Syndrome | Tara Springett Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Nisabho interviews Tara Springett, a meditation teacher specializing in Kundalini Awakening, about meditation-induced spiritual crisis, side effects of expansion of consciousness, effects of drug use on the aura, and supernatural s by Clear Mountain Monastery
53 min listen
A Bhikkhu & a Ukrainian Catholic Monk Walk Into a Livestream… | Brother Zacharias Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Nisabho interviews Brother Zacharias, an Orthodox Christian monk at Mount Tabor Monastery (https://www.monksofmttabor.com/), about Christian monastic life. Subjects touched on include the monastic calling, schedule, nature of praye by Clear Mountain Monastery
49 min listen
The Headless Way: Being Space for the World | Richard Lang: In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo speaks with Richard Lang, teacher of The Headless Way. To learn more about Richard and The Headless Way, visit: https://www.headless.org/ by Clear Mountain Monastery
69 min listen
Have a Buddhist Wish? Try These Five Practices! | Ajahn Kovilo: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about the Ākankheyya Sutta (https://suttacentral.net/mn6/en/bodhi?lang=en) and its suggestions for skillful Buddhist wishing. by Clear Mountain Monastery
48 min listen
Hercules & the Buddha: The Legend Continues? | Ajahn Sona Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Ajahn Sona of Birken Forest Monastery discussing Gandhāra manuscripts, various debate traditions, scholastic agendas, and more For more information about Ajahn Sona and Birken Forest Monastery, v by Clear Mountain Monastery
44 min listen
How Different Meditative Techniques Affect Morality & Other Scientific Sojourns | Ajahn Sādaro Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Ajahn Sādaro - touching on such topics as not-self (anatttā) and its relation to moral responsibility, describing deep meditative states in current scientific language, and the interplay between e by Clear Mountain Monastery
46 min listen
The 7 Habits of Highly Reflective People | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho celebrate the dawning of the new year by describing the seven Dawnings of the Dhamma detailed by the Buddha in SN 45.49-55 (https://suttacentral.net/sn45-suriyapeyyalavagga?view=normal&lang=en) including: 1) a by Clear Mountain Monastery
48 min listen
Four Graded Questions From the Buddha – How Do You Score? | Ajahn Kovilo: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo – in reference to the Upakkilesa Sutta (MN 128) – frames the Buddhas Hierarchy of Needs as a parallel to Maslows, and speaks about four sequential questions the Buddha would ask his students. by Clear Mountain Monastery
49 min listen
Zen and the Art of Buddhist Chaplaincy | Zenshin Dillon Balmaceda: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks with his friend and fellow Dharma Realm Buddhist University student, Zenshin Dillon Balmaceda about his work doing Buddhist Chaplaincy including hospice work and prison ministry. by Clear Mountain Monastery
46 min listen
Secular Buddhism Without the Beef: A Contemporary Conversation on Awakening | Doug Smith: In this interview, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho have a friendly and informative conversation with Doug Smith of the popular YouTube Channel “Doug’s Dharma”. by Clear Mountain Monastery
70 min listen
Hells, Heavens, & the Realms of Māra | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho describes the Buddhist cosmos, from the hells to the heavens, ending with advice for how we can confront the Māra, master of the sensual sphere. by Clear Mountain Monastery
57 min listen
Finding the Breath in the Body | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho discuss the intersection between breath meditation (ānāpānassati) and mindfulness directed toward the body (kāyagatāssati). by Clear Mountain Monastery
46 min listen
What Kind of Bhikkhuni Could Illuminate the Redwood-Tree Grove? | Ayyā Santussikā & Ayyā Cittānandā: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview their good kalyāṇamittas Ayyā Santussikā & Ayyā Cittānandā of the Karuna Buddhist Monastery. Both Ayyās answer the question of What kind of bhikkhuni could illuminate the redwood-tree grove? based by Clear Mountain Monastery
57 min listen
Following the Flag of Fearlessness – The Origin of “Itipi So”| Ajahn Kovilo: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks about the origin of the Itipi So chant as found in the Dhajagga Sutta (SN 11.3) and further speaks to the essence of the Recollection of the Buddha - Bud-dho knowing; the Recollection of the Dhamma - Dham-mo the truth by Clear Mountain Monastery
50 min listen
Two Bhikkhus & A Rabbi Walk into a Livestream… | Rabbi Bendat-Appell Q&A: In this session, Ajahn Nisabho and Ajahn Kovilo interview Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell about contemplative practices and shared resonances in the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. by Clear Mountain Monastery
60 min listen
Pride, Prejudice, & Putting Down the Grapes of Wrath | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about ways to counter anger and aversion, cultivating forgiveness and an understanding of conditionality instead. The Eight Verses of Mind Training referenced at the end can be found here: https://www.lotsawahouse.org/t by Clear Mountain Monastery
54 min listen
Being Psychic vs. Being Psychotic – A Father and Son Discuss the Mind | Dr. James R. Hillard: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo interviews his father, psychiatrist James R. Hillard, about mental well-being and psycho-pathology – especially how these relate to Buddhist thought and meditative practice. These broader topics will be looked at through the by Clear Mountain Monastery
47 min listen
The Case for Post-Materialist Science and Evidence for Rebirth | Marjorie Woollacott Ph.D.: In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho speak with Marjorie Woollacott. Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor and prior chair of the Dept. of Human Physiology, and member of the Institute of Neuroscience, at the University of Orego by Clear Mountain Monastery
56 min listen
Grieving for Loved Ones | Clear Mountain Community: In this Community Stories session, Clear Mountain members Jessica, Sid, Mary, Axel, Jon, Sarah, Damien, Joseph, Liem, Samek, and JT speak about what the Dhamma has meant to them, and how its helped them move through grief. by Clear Mountain Monastery
63 min listen
Cultivating the Unhindered Mind | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho describes the Five Hindrances to calm (Nīvarana), and how to move past them to the luminous mind. The Suttas quoted describing the hindrances include SN 46.55, the Sangarava Sutta and MN 39, the Mahā Assapura Sutta. by Clear Mountain Monastery
48 min listen
Beyond the Five Aggregates & the Vortex of Self | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about the 5 Khandhas, or aggregates of clinging, described by the Buddha as the subjective constituents of our sense of self. Letting go of 1) form (rupa), 2) feelings (vedana) 3) perception/ cognition (sañña) 4) format by Clear Mountain Monastery
48 min listen
The Unshakeable Heart & Equanimity at the Sense Doors | Ven. Canda Bhikkhuni: In this talk, Ven. Canda, an honored guest visiting from the U.K., speaks about how to develop equanimity by analyzing contact at the sense doors, and developing poise in relation to it. Understanding the conditioned nature of the experience allows us to by Clear Mountain Monastery
68 min listen
Buddhadhamma and Abhidhamma for Vipassana | Ajahn Panot (Prakru Medhaṅkara): In this session, Ajahn Kovilo interviews Ajahn Panot (Prakru Medhaṅkara), disciple of P.A. Payutto, the foremost scholar monk in Thailand. To read Buddhadhamma by P.A. Payutto, visit: https://buddhadhamma.github.io/titlepage.html by Clear Mountain Monastery
47 min listen
Lighten Up: The Playful Path to Samādhi | Ajahn Nisabho: In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho speaks about how to cultivate the luminous mind through a playful approach in meditation, utilizing both a primary focused object, such as the breath, alongside a secondary object, such as metta, the nada sound, or a broad awa by Clear Mountain Monastery
50 min listen

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A Buddhist Guide to Sanity in an Election Year | Ajahn Nisabho

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Titles in the series (49)

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