Forest Meditation

Event Overview: With Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho, from Clear Mountain Monastery. This will be our 3rd year collaborating with Clear Mountain and it is met with huge excitement over the newly acquired home site for Clear Mountain Monastery, which is located in North Bend. To all of you who had to reschedule the time and place from July at Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve to this new time on September 6th, 12:30 – 2:00, thank you for making the change. Forterra NW had been working closely with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho to find a new home that will provide a landscape of forest and trails ideally suited for gathering and meditation practice. This new 90-acre North Bend location is a perfect fit and we will be celebrating our first Forterra Nature Discovery there in September. This landscape holds a variety of habitats including wetlands and dense forest that is home to fish bearing streams, elk and all sorts of other wildlife. Join us for this meditative, deep nature experience and celebration of a new home. Why Forest Meditation? The Buddha was born under a tree, attained Enlightenment under a tree, lived and practiced under trees, and passed away under a tree. From those earliest days through the entire course of Buddhist history native forests and wilderness preserves played a vital part in nurturing the spiritual lives of sincere and ardent practitioners intent on understanding the truth of “the way things are.” Let’s see what we can learn from sitting together.