Garden of a Thousand Buddhas, Montana

​Freedom of the Heart:
An Independence Day Monastic-Led
Meditation, Teaching, and Q&A

July 4, 1 - 3 pm
at Souls Center Spokane

​Ajahn Kovilo, Ajahn Nisabho,
​and Ayya Ahimsa

On July 4th, while others celebrate external freedom,
join fellow practitioners in cultivating
the internal freedom of heart taught by the Buddha.

With years of experience in the Buddhist Forest Tradition,
Ajahn Kovilo, Ajahn Nisabho, and Ayya Ahimsa
will share a joint teaching describing
how the cultivation of virtue, concentration, and wisdom
can help us find a refuge apart from the world,
​and therefore how to give back to the world with true selflessness. 
**This event requires registration as space is limited!**

This is a Dana based Offering.  If people feel inspired to support Clear Mountain Monastery, they're welcome to do so, and it is very kind of them! Sadhu! Offerings can be made at Clear Mountain's Donation page.
Ajahn Kovilo
Ajahn 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.  Ajahn Kovilo has now joined the Clear Mountain community in person. To learn more, visit https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/

​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 around the world with contemporary masters such as Ajahn Anan, Ajahn Pasanno, and Ajahn Jayasaro.  In the summer of 2021, he returned to Seattle to plant the first seeds of Clear Mountain Monastery. To learn more, visit https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/

Ayya Ahimsa
Ayya Ahimsa took Anagarika Precepts in January 2012 and then Samaneri Precepts in 2013 with Ayya Medhanandi at Sati Saraniya Hermitage. In 2016 she joined the nuns’ community at Aloka Vihara and was given Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2017 with Ayya Gunasari Theri as her preceptor. To learn more, visit https://www.canmoretheravadabuddhism.ca/.