Pricing

Three rings.
One sangha.

Open is free. Member is the default. Pilgrim Circle is the depth.

Open
Free

Anyone with the app. Lifetime retention measured in years, not months.

The widest ring. No subscription required. The daily Dhammapada verse delivered before sunrise. A free meditation library. The pilgrim diary, the community chat by language and tradition, free access to twenty percent of all content.

Includes
  • Daily Dhammapada verse — 247 shipped so far
  • Free meditation library — 24 guided sits
  • Community chat by language and tradition
  • Pilgrim diary
  • Free access to 20% of all content
  • Optional dana to a designated monastery
Best for

The curious. The cautious. The diaspora pilgrim deciding whether to take the next step.

Member
$7.99 / month

The full library. All seasons of all series. Live darshan from every channel.

The default tier. The full content library — every season of every series, every Jataka tale, every master teaching, every Circuit Story. All advanced meditation programs. Monastery channel pages with live darshan streams from the Mayadevi Temple, the Bodhi tree, the Tooth Temple, the Mahabodhi Temple. Member-only commerce discounts (15%). Member-tier retreat pricing.

Includes
  • Full content library — every series, every season, every short
  • All advanced meditation programs
  • Live darshan streams from every monastery channel
  • Member-only commerce discount (15%)
  • Member-tier retreat pricing on Circuit Tiers 2–4
  • Direct dana flow — 10% of subscription auto-flows to your chosen monastery
  • Offline downloads
  • Multi-language audio (13 languages)
Best for

Practitioners who want depth without commitment. The Hallow-equivalent tier — priced just under at $7.99/mo.

Most popular for serious practitioners
Pilgrim Circle
$299 / year

Live discourses with senior teachers. A personal monastic teacher. Pilgrimage credits.

The premium tier. Live discourses with Mingyur Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Plum Village seniors, Korean Jogye masters, and Theravada Mahanayakas — under negotiated discourse agreements. $100 annual pilgrimage credit, applicable to any Tier 2+ Circuit experience. A personal correspondence-style relationship with an assigned monastic teacher — modeled on the spiritual director tradition. Direct-dana flow to designated monasteries. An invitation to the annual TPS-hosted Lumbini retreat.

Includes
  • Everything in Member
  • Live discourses with senior teachers (Mingyur Rinpoche, Phakchok Rinpoche, Plum Village, Korean Jogye, Theravada Mahanayakas)
  • $100 annual pilgrimage credit (Tier 2+ Circuit)
  • Personal correspondence-style monastic teacher
  • Direct-dana priority routing
  • Annual TPS-hosted Lumbini retreat invitation (Vesak week)
  • Cohort priority on sold-out retreats
  • Founding-pilgrim status (Year 1 members only)
  • Sangha Circle quarterly print journal
Best for

Committed practitioners. The 5–8% of subscribers who become 60–70% of platform revenue. Founding pilgrims.

Compare

Three rings, side by side.

Feature
Open
Member
Pilgrim Circle
Content access
20%
Full library
Full library
Live streams
All channels
All + private discourses
Monastery channels
Browse
Subscribe to any
All, with direct dana routing
Member discount
15% on shop
20% on shop
Pilgrim credits
$100 / year
Personal teacher
Correspondence-style
Annual retreat
Member pricing
Invitation · Vesak week
Dana

Every subscription supports a monastery.

Members choose their primary monastery and tradition; ten percent of every subscription auto-flows there. The monastery keeps 70–80% of channel revenue, the platform keeps 20–30% as infrastructure fee. This single mechanism resolves the canonical-authority problem and the monetization problem simultaneously: monasteries are not partners we negotiate with — they are revenue-share participants whose interests align with ours.

Monastery revenue share
70–80%
of all channel revenue
Auto-dana from member subs
10%
of every monthly payment
Onboarded channels
8
scaling to 50 by Y2, 150 by Y3
Member dana per month
~$2.4M
projected Y2 run-rate
Pilgrim Circle

What you receive.

The ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara
Live discourses

Mingyur Rinpoche, Phakchok Rinpoche, Plum Village seniors, Korean Jogye masters, Theravada Mahanayakas. Under negotiated discourse agreements.

The Sacred Garden at Lumbini — Maya Devi Temple at dawn
Personal teacher

An assigned monastic in correspondence-style relationship. Modeled on the spiritual director tradition. Matched to your tradition.

A lotus in bloom above its leaf
Pilgrimage credits

$100 annual credit applicable to any Tier 2+ Circuit experience. Plus founding-pilgrim status for Year 1 members.

Questions

Frequent questions.

Why $7.99 for Member?

Hallow is $9.99. Calm is $14.99. We priced just under the Catholic benchmark — the dharma is not for the impatient, and it is also not closed.

What is dana?

Dana is the Pali word for generosity. Ten percent of every Member subscription flows automatically to a monastery you choose. The monastery keeps 70–80% of channel revenue.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Monthly plans cancel monthly. Annual plans pro-rate. No friction — that would dishonour the practice.

Who teaches me in Pilgrim Circle?

An assigned monastic, in correspondence style. Modeled on the spiritual director tradition. Matched to your tradition and your practice goals.

How do pilgrimage credits work?

$100 per year, applicable to any Tier 2+ Circuit experience. Credits stack across years if unused. They never expire.

Is this affiliated with any specific tradition?

No. The platform is non-sectarian by design. Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Zen, Pure Land, Newar — all canonical traditions have monastery channels.

The dharma is not for the impatient.
It is also not closed.