Sunday DOM General Description
A day for us to return to our spiritual family and cultivate our peace and joy. A day for us to rest, relax, and nourish our happiness.
| What |
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| When |
Nov 01, 2008 from 09:45 am to 01:00 pm |
| Where | Deer Park Monastery |
| Contact Name | Registrar |
| Contact Email | deerpark@dpmail.net |
| Contact Phone | (760) 291-1003 x100 |
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Sundays are open for the public to practice meditation. There are themes for the Sundays and the weekends (Fri to Sun). Some Sundays are for more advanced practitioners and others for beginners. Please check out the descriptions for each Sunday for more details.
A typical day's schedule is as follows:
| 9:00 am | Walking Meditation |
| 10:00 |
Themed Dharma Talk |
| 11:30 |
Dharma Discussion or Recitation Ceremony |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:00 |
Total Relaxation and/or other afternoon activity |
There is no need for registration and you are welcome to leave a donation at your own discretion.
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- Listen, listen. The sound of this bell brings me back to my true home.
Dear Friends,
This Winter Retreat, the monastery will be offering Sunday days of mindfulness with a more focused theme for learning and practicing and with a differing emphasis for beginners or matured practitioners; and for those interested in the Buddhist Tradition or the mindfulness practice as a secular training.
The first Sunday of the month, as previous, will include a recitation ceremony of the Five Mindfulness Trainings and a Vietnamese Talk from the Venerable Phuoc Tinh. This Sunday is for the general practitioner, beginner and advance.
The second Sunday will be for beginning practitioners who want to learn more about and to practice meditation. We will offer teachings and practices that introduce friends to the practice of mindfulness in daily life, as a non-sectarian method to understand and care for ourselves and others.
The third Sunday will be for the Order of Interbeing members, who will come together to practice mindfulness and to recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings. This Sunday will also be the culmination of a weekend gathering of the OI members that happens once a month. Although it is geared towards more committed practitioners, it is still open for everyone to participate, especially if you have taken and practiced the 5 Mindfulness Trainings for sometime (2-3 years) and you are part of some Sangha or community of practitioners, and you aspire to learn more about the 14 MT's and to deepen your commitment to the Dharma and Sangha building.
The fourth (sometimes fifth) Sunday will be for practitioners who would like to dedicate more of their life to the practice of meditation and mindful living. We offer more teachings and practices of meditation geared towards those interested in the Buddhist tradition.
