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Podcast: Handful of Leaves | Mindfulness & Buddhism in Everyday Life
Episode: Ep 68: Do We Really Need Another Monastery? Ft. Ajahn Nisabho from Clear Mountain
Description: In this episode, Cheryl sits down with Ajahn Nisabho to explore a powerful question many practitioners quietly wrestle with: with so many Buddhist paths available, why commit deeply to one?Drawing from his journey in the Thai Forest Tradition, Ajahn Nisabho shares how commitment is less about limitation and more about depth and sincerity. Through his experience training as a monk and helping to build a monastery in the West, he reflects on how practice, service, and community are not competing priorities, but interconnected expressions of the same path.This conversation offers a grounded look...