Mission Majjhima! – Sunday Evening Sutta Teaching & Discussion (YouTube & Zoom)
Clear Mountain happily invites you to join in “Mission Majjhima!”, an online, ongoing, onward-leading (opanayiko) Sutta study series meeting every Sunday from 5-6pm PT. Each week – over the course of 152 weeks – a new 10-minute video will be premiered at 5pm as part of the 10-Minute Majjhima playlist on the Clear Mountain Youtube Channel, featuring Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho discussing each of the 152 Discourses of the Majjhima Nikāya, the Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (full schedule & translations here). Immediately following each week’s YouTube premier, all are invited to join the discussion of that week’s sutta via Zoom (link). To maximize the quality of the group discussion, we recommend that participants read the week’s sutta ahead of time. Discussion may also occur at other times on Clear Mountain’s Discord server. A guide to the format, schedule, and additional materials may be found here.
YouTube (5 – 5:10)
Tune in with fellow practitioners every Sunday evening at 5:00 pm PT for a monastic reflection on each of the Discourses in the Majjhima Nikāya, The Middle Length Discourses.
Zoom (5:10 – 6:00)
Following the 10-minute monastic introduction of the week’s sutta on YouTube, those who wish may join a 50-minute Zoom session in which they’ll have the chance to discuss the reading. Newcomers welcome! An optional silent meditation period from 6-7pm PT will follow.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86893546155?pwd=rbUVdtBhFR3icRJFFwVgTR3c9wMmWh.1
Meeting ID: 868 9354 6155, Passcode: 507553
Zoom Link
Date
- Dec 22 2024
Time
- 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Dec 22 2024
- Time: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Location 2
Speakers
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Ajahn KoviloAjahn Kovilo is an Ohio-born monk who, having been introduced to meditation through the Goenka tradition, first entered the monastery in 2006. After receiving full ordination from Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro at Abhayagiri Monastery in California in 2010, he spent the next decade training at monasteries in the Ajahn Chah tradition in America and Thailand. In 2020, after a year practicing at a Pa Auk Sayadaw monastery, Ajahn Kovilo enrolled at the Dharma Realm Buddhist University (DRBU) to study Pali and to better understand Mahāyāna practices. Having graduated from DRBU in 2024, Ajahn Kovilo has now joined the Clear Mountain community in person.
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Ajahn Nisabho
After finishing college in 2012, Ajahn Nisabho left his native Washington to go forth as a Buddhist monk in Thailand. He received full ordination the following spring under Ajahn Anan, a senior disciple of renowned meditation master, Ajahn Chah, and spent the following years training in forest monasteries throughout Thailand, Australia, and the US. While staying with some of the lineage’s most respected teachers, he grew to believe the Thai Forest Tradition’s balance of communal life with solitary forest dwelling, careful adherence to the monastic precepts, and focus on meditation represented a faithful embodiment of the original Buddhist path. Moreover, his time with contemporary masters such as Ajahn Anan, Ajahn Pasanno, and Ajahn Jayasaro, convinced him that such a path could yield great fruit in the heart even amidst the complexities of modern life.
In 2020, after nearly eight years in robes, Ajahn Nisabho returned to the Northwest hoping to help establish a refuge of Dhamma and practice near Seattle.
