Ajahn Kovilo

Ajahn Kovilo first encountered meditation through the Goenka tradition and entered the monastery in 2006, receiving full bhikkhu 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. After a year in a Pa Auk Sayadaw monastery, he entered Dharma Realm Buddhist University in 2020 to study Pāli and Mahāyāna traditions. He served as editor of Stillness Flowing and Gold Wrapped in Rags, and compiled Thus Should You Train Yourselves and The Wellbeing Cascade. He now lives in Seattle helping to found Clear Mountain Monastery with Ajahn Nisabho.