Here we offer a list of multi-day retreats being offered at Deer Park. If you wish to come for a weekend or 1-week or 2-week visits, then please see our Seasonal Retreat page for upcoming opportunities.
Getting Into the Stream: A Day of Mindfulness
Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CAOur Dharma talk will be offered in Vietnamese by Su Co Hộ Nghiêm. Translation will be provided.
Pháp Thoại | Su Co Hộ Nghiêm
Online CAWe offer this as part of our Day of Mindfulness today. The talk will be offered in Vietnamese. For English translation, please connect with Zoom by clicking the image below.
Family Retreat
Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CAThis is a happy moment. It’s been 3-years since our last Family Retreat and we are happy for its return. We hope you are too! Join the Waiting List Note: […]
No Day of Mindfulness
We are in the midst of our annual Family Retreat and therefore will not hold a public Day of Mindfulness today.
Manas: Class #35 of the Forty Tenets
Online CAThe 40 Tenets of Plum Village with Thầy Pháp Lưu Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 35th tenet. Manas has the tendency to seek for […]
Sierra Nevada Mindful Backpacking Retreat
Golden Trout Wilderness Havilah, CAJoin the monastics from Deer Park for a special 7-day backpacking retreat in the beautiful Sierras of California. Please apply to join us July 17-23, 2022
No Day of Mindfulness
We are offering retreats in other locations this week and therefore will not hold a public Day of Mindfulness today.
Seeds of Wisdom: Class #36 of the Forty Tenets
Online CAThe 40 Tenets of Plum Village with Thầy Pháp Lưu Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 36th tenet. With the practice of mindfulness, concentration and […]
68 responses to “Calendar”
I would like to come for a day mindfulness. do you have any day open in March. Please notify me. thank you
Hi Manti: Yes, most likely we will have more events to post soon. The sangha has been resting and haven’t had the chance to meet for the upcoming Sundays. Stay tuned.
We will be in town Feb 23-march 1. Any chance we can stop by to see the grounds and stop by the bookstore I’d there is no meet up?
Yes, we will be open on February 27th and you can register here.
Could you please notify me of any Day Of Mindfulness coming up in the next
4 months?
Typically it is every Sunday unless it is a weekend when we have another multi-day retreat. The next on is this Sunday.
Oh Brother Joy you name is spot on! Thank you so much for the information and we will see you (collectively) this Sunday.
I will be in San Diego from May 6 through May 12th. I was hoping to visit there on one of the days during my stay. Will that be possible?
We should be having a day of mindfulness on May 8. That would be the day to attend. Watch for information in April and pre-register.
Hi there, much peace and joy your way! I am potentially in the area at the end of March. Are you scheduled to have a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, March 27? Thank you!
We should have a day of mindfulness, but we haven’t schedule that yet.
Hi Again. We’ve posted the registration for the Day of Mindfulness.
Just to verify, Memorial Weekend Dharma Talk #1 will be an online only event? It is scheduled for March 10 while whose of us attending the Memorial Weekend in person are asked to arrive on March 11.
Yes, this one is the day before arrival. It’s part of our theme for the week so we decided to live stream the dharma talk.
Hi,
Day of Mindfulness for the 49th Day since Thầy’s Passing Is currently full. Do you have a waiting list? I’d love to be there. Thanks
We don’t have a waiting list for our day of mindfulness. We may also add more spots. And as people cancel we update availability. You’ll just need to keep checking the page. Cancellations usually occur closer to the event.
HI would like to come for the day in April,
Look for our days of mindfulness in April to be posted later this month.
Just fantastic news to hear that an April Day of Mindfulness is taking place
Hi, I am wondering if children are able to participate in the Sunday days of mindfulness? I have a 2 year old. Thank you.
Children who are vaccinated are welcome. Right now we think that’s age 5+.
Hello,
My husband and I would like to attend one or two mindfulness days in May or June. We live near Seattle, WA, and would like to time our flights so that we can attend two consecutive Sundays if this is possible. Do you have any insight which of the Sundays of those two months will be mindfulness days that we could attend?
Thank you for your reply.
It looks like we have days of mindfulness planned from April 17 through the end of May.
Will there be a Day of Mindfulness on April 3?
We should have one on April 3. However, in our notes we don’t have a dharma teacher assigned yet.
Hello I would.lile to come again for a day of mindfulness on Sunday. I have been once before but back then there was just a calendar that said that deer park monestary was open that day for visitors. Please let me know if I can come this Sunday to join!
Taylor
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Yes, you can register here: https://deerparkmonastery.org/event/drink-your-cloud-a-day-of-mindfulness/
Dear Brother Joy,
I tried to rsvp for the climbing retreat. I followed instructions on phone and on computer (Please enter May 24 for your Arrival Date. No payment is required at this time as we review the applications.).. however, it’s not allowing me to register. Please help!
We can try and help. Can you be more specific about the issue you are having? Also, some fields are required so be sure to verify you didn’t miss any.
Good morning, Brother Joy.
I followed instructions on my computer (enter May 24 for Arrival Date) but the error message says: This reservation is not available at this time. 2 days .
Please confirm you see this:
Hi Brother Joy,
Thanks for your patience in addressing my technical issues!
I have the 24 May arrival date, but my calendar is colored red (yours has 5 days colored blue), and instead of the rate you have, it gives the error: This reservation is not available at this time. 2 days .
I tried opening an incognito window, on my computer google chrome browser, on my phone google chrome browser.
I don’t know how to post a screen shot. I emailed the screen shot to the registration office but they said it works for everyone else.
OMG, it may be because I have March instead of May 24. Let me try again.
Hello can my mom provide a negative test or does she need to be completed vaccinated?
At this time, we require the two vaccinations.
Hi Brother Joy,
Can we come on the day of March 27th day of mindfullness and sit in stillness on our own or is planned events only?
We do encourage and hope you will participate as you are able, but some do walk around or sit outside and enjoy the quiet.
It’s such a pity that we can’t visit the monastery. We have been looking forward to this Zen trip. Unfortunately the kids are not vaccinated, but very respectful and mindful of the covid policy as we wear mask around others. Hopefully, we will have another opportunity in the future. With thay Thich Nhan Hanh recent passing, I was hoping to pay respect to him and get some peace in our mind and soul. Thanks nonetheless. 🙏
Hello,
Is the Buddhist Psychology/Science retreat from August 31st- September 4th still happening? Thank you.
Yes, we still have it on the calendar.
Greetings, all. I’m wondering if Deer Park is planning to host a Rains Retreat this fall, or if it will only take place at Plum Village, France? Thanks for your help!
Yes, we will have a rains retreat this fall. Here’s the link: https://deerparkmonastery.org/event/peaceful-dwelling-90-day-retreat/
Thank you Brother Joy! I look forward to September.
Would it be alright to register for a normal retreat 2 weeks during May? All I see is the climbing retreat so I thought I would ask.
Thank you for asking. At this time we don’t have May dates for weekend, week and two week stays. We hope to provide that information soon. Here’s the page you’ll want to check for this type of stay. They’re called seasonal retreats. https://deerparkmonastery.org/join-a-retreat/
Hello! I just found out about the beginning now wake up retreat and unfortunately a few days too late! Are there plans for another beginning now retreat to happen in the future? I’d love to join!
Darn. Sorry you missed it. And yes, it will happen again in the future. But probably not till 2023.
Hello Brother Joy, I will be traveling from Hong Kong to the USA in June. I would like to come for a day of mindfulness. Will there be a day of Mindfulness during the month of June?
Yes, there’s a good chance we will have a day of Mindfulness in June but we won’t know until we get closer to that month. So you’ll just have to hold it loosely. Safe travels.
Do spots ever open for mindfulness days? They are all sold out. I would love to attend!
Yes, typically we’ll see spots open on Friday and Saturday preceding the Sunday.
Will there be more spots added for the day of mindfulness on May 1? I just found out about it today and would love to attend and pay my respects to Thay.
We’re working on it. And as folks cancel, the spots will open. Please check again next week.
Hello Brother Joy, hope all is well. Would there be an Lgbt retreat/event (online or in person) as there was last year? Thank you
The schedule for this year is set, but you could write a request to the dharma teachers on our contact form. https://deerparkmonastery.org/contact-us/
Dear Br Joy, when can we register for the Buddhist Psychology/ Science retreat? thanks!
I suspect it will be sometime in June or July.
I would love to do a Mindfulness Retreat but notice you have not posted dates yet for after May 30th. Is it possible to know if you will have any retreats available for June? Thank you!
The special retreats for the rest of the year are all posted on our calendar. For the seasonal retreats, we only have dates so far until the end of May. As soon as we have more we will post them. But rest assured there will be some in the summer. Be sure to tap next events to see anything through the year.
I would love to volunteer for the upcoming family retreat. Could you please provide information on how to register as a volunteer?
Hi! I don’t see any Sunday’s of Mindfulness listed in July and going forward. Does that mean the one in June 26th is it? Hope not
Nothing scheduled yet, but there will be. 🙂
Will you be having any Mindfulness Days on Fridays or Saturdays?
All the days of Mindfulness that we open to the public on Sunday. We don’t anticipate that changing anytime soon.
Hi Brother Joy. I am looking to do a 4+ day silent retreat and am wondering if Deer Park offers anything like that? I didn’t see any silent retreats on the calendar, but figured I would ask just in case. Thank you!!
We don’t have any “silent” retreats planned, but you could attend for one of our weekend or week-long stays and practice silence on your own. This would be supported by the community. The place to look for availability is: https://deerparkmonastery.org/join-a-retreat/
Hi – is there a way to subscribe to updates when future Days of Mindfulness are open for registration? I see they are all full through June at the moment.
Unfortunately, not at this time. We usually post the days of Mindfulness a few weeks ahead of time and right now we don’t have any schedule from the Sangha to post. We expect to have that in the next week or two. Please know that we will be adding more spots for the late June days of Mindfulness next week.