Live Podcast Recording and Q&A with Ajahn Kovilo

We invite you to join us for a conversation between Ajahn Kovilo of Clear Mountain Monastery and Dharma Gates co-founder and Executive Director, Aaron Stryker. This live podcast recording will be held in a conversational format, including a Q&A with attendees.

Ajahn Kovilo first encountered meditation through the Goenka tradition and entered the  monastery in 2006, receiving full  ordination from Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn  Amaro at Abhayagiri Monastery in 2010. He  spent the next decade training in Ajahn Chah  monasteries in the U.S. and Thailand, completing all levels of the Nak-Tham Exams in Thai while there. In 2020, after a year at a Pa Auk Sayadaw monastery, he enrolled at Dharma Realm  Buddhist University to study Pāli and Mahāyāna practices. Ajahn Kovilo served as the editor of Stillness Flowing and Gold Wrapped in Rags, and is the compiler/translator of Thus Should You Train Yourselves and The Wellbeing Cascade. Ajahn Kovilo now lives in Seattle, devoted to Clear Mountain Monastery full time.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025. 1pm-2pm PST/4pm-5pm EST. Link to register below.