Alan Clements was the first American to become a Buddhist monk in the country of Burma, where he lived for the good part of a decade. Since leaving the monastery, he has become a spiritual maverick, working for global human rights and teaching his contemporary understanding of liberation to audiences around the world.
Attaining freedom — liberation from fear, apathy, and ignorance — is the central quest of the spiritual seeker. Alan Clements’s goal is to challenge the ego and transform day-to-day encounters into vehicles of liberation — through one’s own deepest instincts, rather than through a teacher or other outside source. In his effort to cultivate global citizens and universal spiritual warriors, Clements stresses an intuitive process that expresses itself through daily acts of courage and compassion. Amnesty International calls Alan Clements “one of the most important and compelling voices of our time.” “Alan Clements ... his eloquence and sincerity calls us closer to our fullest potentials.” — Joseph Goldstein, author of The Experience of Insight
