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Praise to Weituo Pusa chant
Praise to Weituo Pusa, protector of the monastic retreat (varsa).
View PostRepentance chant
The repentance chant that is part of the bimonthly monastic confession ceremony.
View PostThe Buddha’s life story part 1
How the Buddha’s life story parallels our own story of spiritual yearning.
View PostCultivating excellent qualities
Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…
View PostFriends who give bad advice
How habitual disturbing emotions are like friends giving bad advice.
View PostMeditation on compassion
Guided meditation on developing compassion in a wise and skillful way.
View PostTransforming knowledge into action
Practices we can do in daily life to integrate the Dharma. The perfection of joyous…
View PostThe potential for liberation
Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's…
View PostQ&A with Clear Mountain Monastery
Question and answer with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle,…
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