Profile
Empty Cloud Monastery is a gender-inclusive Buddhist monastery located just outside New York City, offering teachings and meditation programs from all Buddhist traditions, with a particular emphasis on early Buddhism. The monastery has a resident community of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis following the Theravāda Vinaya, as well as lay guests who join the monastery schedule for periods of time. The monastery’s public offerings include meditation classes, Buddhist holiday celebrations, meditation retreats, sutta study series, and daily livestream teachings. In addition to the resident teachers, the monastery’s teachers also includes monastics from all lineages of traditional Buddhism from around the world.
