Finding Joy in Austerity | Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
Channel: Clear Mountain Monastery
Date: 2022-01-13

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - Dharma Talk
31:02 - Please describe your own austerity practice/s and describe how awareness of the pleasure/joy developed over time. How did you guide your thinking specifically?
39:35 - I have dreamt of ordaining for many years, I’m not sure why I haven’t. What was it that led you to finally ordaining?
42:20 - How can I develop a habit of waking up early?

In this conversation, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho discuss how the practice of austerity (intentionally simplifying one's life and facing discomfort strategically) can paradoxically nurture joy. See for example: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.094.than.html

Join Ajahn Kovilo, Ajahn Nisabho, and the Clear Mountain community for a weekly meditation, talk, and Q&A streamed live every Saturday morning from Saint Mark's cathedral in Seattle.

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Tune in with fellow practitioners every Wednesday evening from 6 - 6:45 pm or Saturday morning from 9:30 - 11 am for a Dhamma Talk and Q&A with Ajahn Kovilo or Ajahn Nisabho. Saturday mornings begin with a thirty-minute meditation. Wednesday evening Q&A's are followed by a discussion on Zoom from 6:45 - 7:30 pm. See https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/ for details. Welcome!