Clear Mountain Monastery

About Clear Mountain Monastery

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.clearmountain.org.

Publisher

Clear Mountain Monastery

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Apr 2023

Latest episode

3 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

68 of 376 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Recalibrating Sanity Through Unbounded Space | Ajahn Kovilo

   Ajahn Kovilo explores how cultivating spaciousness helps practitioners overcome the five hindrances, offering insights into a clearer, more unbounded mind.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Punk Rock Dhamma: Bringing Down the Edifice With Curiosity, Humility ... But Not AI | Bhante Sujato

   Host [Host Name] interviews Bhante Sujato, co-founder of SuttaCentral.net, exploring Buddhist textual curiosity, monastic orders, and a unique perspective on artificial intelligence.

3. 

   27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What’s To Give Light Must Endure Burning: Suffering’s Alchemy in Theravāda Practice | Aj. Nisabho

   Ajahn Nisabho explores the profound meanings of "dukkha" and its transformative role in Theravāda practice, guiding listeners toward skillful release.

Inside a recent episode

Recalibrating Sanity Through Unbounded Space | Ajahn Kovilo

Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's a compulsive doubting for which you'll never come to an end. Unlike healthy, intelligent questioning, this is the doubt which just keeps on going, gnawing over the same thing again and again. So what we hopefully explore are different ways to relate to each of these, to come back to a place of balance from these different leanings, forward, backwards, down, up, or just this circling of doubt. So coming back to this middle ground through felt sense of spaciousness, a felt sense of rebalancing in the body, in the body, almost a vibration, kind of recalibrating ourselves to sanity. And to do that, I thought to combine two really wonderful similes from the polycanon One of these is in the context of a mind of loving kindness. […]

Who has been a guest on Clear Mountain Monastery

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bhante Sujāto
• Thubten Chodron
• Bhante Buddharakkhita
• Luang Por Pasanno
• Andrew Holecek

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

47 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

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