Deer Park Dharmacast
Dharma from Deer Park Monastery, a meditation practice center in the tradition of the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. At Deer Park, the resident monks, nuns and lay sangha practice engaged Buddhism and mindfulness in everyday life for the nourishment and development of our spiritual and mental health. Each week, we post a selection of activities of the Deer Park Sangha so that others may share in the realization of awareness and freedom. Deer Park is located in the mountains near Escondido, California and hosts regular Days of Mindfulness open to the public on Sundays beginning at 8:30 a.m. To learn more, visit www.deerparkmonastery.org
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 413
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
Three Bodhisattvas with Eileen Kiera
On the second talk of the weekend, Dharma Teacher Eileen Kiera shares about the practice, presence, body, and great vows of three powerful bodhisattvas-- Avalokiteshvara, Manjusri, and Samanthabha…
Class 11: The Third Noble Truth-- The End of Suffering and the 'end' of our class with Thich Chan Phap Hai, Thich Chan Phap Ho, and Sister Chan Bich Nghiem
Dear Thay, Dear Sangha, Dear Virtual Community
Today, we close our Three Month Winter Retreat and our Moment by moment class. The Third Noble Truth--the end of suffering is discussed by our teachers…
Class 10: The Second Noble Truth, the Cause of Suffering with Thich Chan Phap Hai
Last week, we learned about the first turning of the wheel-the recognition of our suffering and our situation. With the second turning of the wheel, Thich Chan Phap Hai encourages us to explores the…
Class 9: First of the Four Noble Truths with Thich Chan Phap Ho - The Existence of Suffering/Stress
Dear Virtual Family:
For the past 8 weeks, we have studied the Noble 8-fold path, the 4th of the 4 Noble truths. In a kind of Zen order, we have studied the last, first. Tonight, we look into the f…
Class #8: Right Concentration with Sr. Chan Bich Nghiem
Today's talk is a talk and a practice. A chance to come back and touch the moment. A chance to cultivate the evenness and concentration of our mind and to connect our body and our mind. We learn n…
Class #7: Right Livelihood with Thich Chan Phap Ho and Panelists
Tonight we learn about another step on the Noble Eight Fold Path- Right Livelihood. The way we make a living has an impact on our world and society, but also on us. As we make a living, we are also …
Class 6 of Moment by Moment: Right Effort with Thich Chan Phap Hai
Dear Friends
Tonight we are offered a very inspiring and empowering teaching on Right Effort. Right Effort is the first in the Concentration Triad of steps on the 8-fold path, the place where we are…
Class 5 of Moment by Moment Course: Right Action with Sister Bich Nghiem
Welcome Back and Happy New Year to our virtual Dharma classmates!
We hope you enjoyed your holiday and were offered many beautiful opportunities to cultivate, enjoy, and share your practice. Tonight'…
Class 4 of Moment by Moment Course: Right Speech with Thich Chan Phap Ho and Sister Chan Quynh Nghiem
Dear Friends
Just in time for the holidays we have an opportunity to look deeply at Right Speech. The materials prepared for this talk are very useful and insightful. You can find them here: http://d…
Healing Emotions: A Dharma Talk by Thich Phap Dang
Today we offer a very useful and moving dharma talk given here at Deer Park Monastery by Brother Phap Dang, in which he speaks about depression and dark states of the mind, and the mind’s obsessions …
Moment by Moment Class #3: Right Thinking, Right Intention with Thich Chan Phap Hai
Dear Friends: Tonights podcast includes three amazing gifts--
00-8:00 a sitting meditation (there is a little additional resonance that makes the bells very long around minute 7:00)
8:00 Intro to…
Moment to Moment Class #2: Right View with Sister Bich Nghiem
Dear Dharmacast Family:
We hope you are having a wonderful winter (or summer depending on where you are) and are enjoying the fruits of your practice. We continue with the Moment to Moment exploratio…
Moment by Moment Class #1: Right Mindfulness--The First Offering by Deer Park Monastic Dharma Teachers During Winter Retreat
This winter a group of Monastic Dharma Teachers here at Deer Park will offer a course based in the Buddhas Teach…
Together We Are One: A Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery
This very special Dharma Talk by Thay is offered by the wonderful Plum Village Monastery Online. We encourage you to visit http://pvom.org/ for more of these wonderful teachings. Here is an excerpt …
Teen Retreat: How to be Your Own Best Friend--A Dharma Talk by Thay Phap Ho
Dear Community
Every year in summer, Deer Park Monastery hosts a 5-day Teen Camp. The teens camp out, sleeping in tents, gathering around a camp fire in the morning, play and practice. This year wa…
Finding the Teacher Within Us: A Dharma Talk by Sister Huong Nghiem
Dear Friends
Today's talk is from the annual Meditation and Education Retreat at Deer Park Monastery. Dharma teacher Sister Huong Nghiem shares insights about the practice and offers beautiful teach…
Discourse on Loving Kindness: A Dharma Talk by Thay Phap Hai
Dear Friends,
We are happy today to bring you a wonderful dharma talk on the Discourse on Loving-Kindness by Thay Phap Hai. In this talk, Thay Phap Hai guides us in a deep introduction not only on t…
The Art of Practice – A New Year’s Talk from Venerable Thich Phuoc Tinh
Dear friends,
The Deer Park Podcast team hopes you enjoyed the Course on the 14 Verses of Meditation. Now, we are happy to resume our schedule of offering talks from Days of Mindfulness at Deer Park.…
Verse 14 of 14 on Meditation: Supported by the Sangha Body
Dear Friends
After 14 weeks, we have come to our last verse. We hope you have enjoyed this course. We hope you will offer your thoughts and comments, especially how this course has helped deepen y…
Verse 13 of 14 on Meditation: Not discriminating between the practice offered by the Tathagata and that of the ancestral teachers
Verse 13
Not Discriminating
Between the practice offered by the Tathagata and that of the ancestral teachers,
the Four Noble Truths perfectly interwoven
should serve as the foundation of an authent…