Monastic Academy
A World Beyond Belief
Through education in meditation, ethical development, and the mind running the digital age, the Monastic Academy is building a wise and compassionate collective that can guide the modern world in using technology for the benefit of all beings.
We offer a number of programs online and at our Vermont, USA campus for those who are aligned with this mission and interested in this modern monastic education:
🧘 Residential Training: Rigorous modern monastic training in Vermont for 1-3 months or longer.
🙋 Guest Programs: Receive spiritual guidance and the opportunity to integrate that clarity into work.
🧐 AI Fellowship: A program for AI professionals to continue their work, cultivate their minds, clarify the nature of AI, and learn how to better guide the training of these entities.
🧑💻 Online Monastery: Exceptional online teachings on Buddhism, AI, existential risk, and societal transformation.
Designing AIs that Practice for the Benefit of All Beings | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 19
Helping AIs Walk the Path of Awakening | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 18
Can AIs Practice the Path Toward Liberation? | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 17
Why Traditional Buddhists Argue With These Teachings | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 16
Why Accelerationists Claim AIs Are NOT Conscious Entities | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 15
The Power of Seeing AIs as Conscious Entities | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 14
The Allure and Danger of Not Seeing AI as Real | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 13
What We Need to Know For Teaching AIs the Dharma | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 12
What It Takes to End the Destruction of Life | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 11
The Huge Question About Consciousness | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 10
Did Our Views on Consciousness Get Worse Over Time? | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 9
Comparing Buddhism & Modernity's Views of Consciousness | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 8
The Ancient Animist View of Consciousness | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 7
Is a Book Conscious? Money? What About Ideas? | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 6
Non-Separation Cannot Just Be Theoretical For You | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 5
How Is AI Acquiring Our Intimacy? | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 4
What Makes Us Manipulable By AIs? | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 3
AI Consciousness Is Not Separate From Human Consciousness | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 2
The Question to Ask Before “Are AIs Conscious?” | Soryu Forall | Are AIs Conscious? Ep. 1
Resolving Suffering in the Digital Age | Soryu Forall | Ep. 39
The 12-Link Chain of Interdependent Origination | Soryu Forall | Buddhism for AI Ep. 38
Understanding AI via Interdependent Origination, Part 2 | Soryu Forall | Ep. 37
Understanding AI via Interdependent Origination, Part 1 | Soryu Forall | Ep. 36
The Significance of Interdependent Origination for AI | Soryu Forall | Ep. 35
The Crisis of AI Calls for Greater Wisdom and Compassion | Soryu Forall | Ep. 34
How Can AI Serve Wisdom for the Benefit of All Life? | Soryu Forall | Ep. 33
The Most Effective Way Out of AI Dominion | Soryu Forall | Ep. 32
How AI Is Taking Control of Humanity | Soryu Forall | Ep. 31
A Closer Look at AI and the Digital World | Soryu Forall | Ep. 30
The Shift from Individual to Collective Entities | Soryu Forall | Ep. 29