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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/alj-class-buddhi-tarianism-a-friendly-mee
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SUMMARY:ALJ Class - Buddhi-Tarianism?  A Friendly Meeting with a UU (Buddh
 ist) Monk
DESCRIPTION:ALJ Class - Buddhi-Tarianism?  A Friendly Meeting with a UU (B
 uddhist) Monk  Buddhi-Tarianism?  A Friendly Meeting with a UU (Buddhist)
  Monk\n\n 	Date:May 24\, 2026\n 	Time: 11:45-1:30\n 	Location:  Fireside 
 Room In person only (ZOOM not available for this class)\n 	Presenter: Ajah
 n Kovilo Bhikkhu\n 	Light snacks will be available after the service.\n 	C
 hild care will be provided.\n\nDescription\nMeditation\, Conversation\, an
 d Q&amp\;A with Ajahn Kovilo of Clear Mountain Monastery Seattle\, Washing
 ton\nJoin Ajahn Kovilo Bhikkhu\, a Unitarian-born American Buddhist monk\,
  for conversation\, several short guided meditations\, and Q&amp\;A center
 ing around Buddhism as seen through Unitarian eyes. Topics for discussion 
 may include:\n\n\n 	The Four Noble Truths (an exploration of the foundatio
 n of Buddhism)\n 	The similarities and differences between Unitarianism an
 d Buddhism\n 	The beauty of cognitive flexibility around how and when to p
 ick up your ego\n 	The utility and practice of deep meditation\n 	The aspe
 cts of faith and transcendence in Buddhism\n 	Being Buddhist in America\n 
 	The beauty of Buddhist ceremony\n\n&nbsp\;\nPresenter Bio\nAjahn Kovilo i
 s a Unitarian-born\, Theravāda Buddhist monk. Having been introduced to m
 editation through the Goenka Vipassana tradition in the early 2000s\, Ajah
 n entered the monastery in 2006 and received full ordination at Abhayagiri
  Monastery\, California in 2010\, spending the next decade training at mon
 asteries in the Ajahn Chah tradition in America and Thailand.\nAjahn is no
 w helping to found Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle/North Bend\, Washin
 gton - a vibrant community with beautiful in-person and online gatherings 
 and now land! For more information\, visit www.clearmountainmonastery.org 
 and check out their YouTube interviews with many Buddhist luminaries such 
 as Tara Brach\, Jack Kornfield\, the Walk for Peace monks\, and others. 
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