We are very happy to announce a community work day on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 9AM. We are inviting our generous Sangha to offer their joy, time and energy in preparing for the upcoming Holiday Retreat. We will laugh together, enjoy refreshments and stop to breathe. Please join us! During this work period we […]

November 22, 2018 @ 8:45 am – 2:00 pm   The Thanksgiving Day of Mindfulness is open for the public to come and practice with the monastic and lay practitioners of Deer Park Monastery. Lunch will be a vegan and vegetarian potluck. Please feel free to bring a vegan or vegetarian dish for the meal […]

Dear Precious Parents and Cherished Children, We are happy to announce that on Sunday October 7, November 4, and December 2 Deer Park will host a children’s program during our Day of Mindfulness! On the first Sunday of each month, after walking meditation, the community listens to a dharma talk followed by the 5 and 14 […]

We are very happy to inform you that we are offering a Holiday Retreat staff program at Deer Park Monastery. Before, during, and after the retreat, we need additional help, so we are inviting mindfulness practitioners who have already attended a retreat in the Plum Village tradition to apply for the staff program. As staff […]

We are happy to announce Deer Park Monastery will begin posting Dharma Talks from our beloved Dharma Teachers! This is the first in the series and features Thay Phap Hai giving the first Dharma Talk of the Family Retreat on June 21, 2018. Please click here to visit the Plum Village YouTube channel.    

Dear Precious Parents and Cherished Children, On the 1st Sunday of each month, after walking meditation, the community listens to a dharma talk followed the 5 and 14 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation. On these days, we offer a children’s program for children aged 6-12 so that parents may fully participate in the activities. (As for exceptions, your 5 year […]

We are happy to announce the Fall/Winter 2018 seasonal retreat schedule. Seasonal retreats offer participants the opportunity to enjoy the daily schedule of the monastery and the basic practices such as sitting meditation, walking meditation, and mindful eating. Currently, only one-week or two-week stays are available. Friday, July 27, 1 week only Friday, August 17, 1 […]

As the spring retreat opens we have several people participating in our aspirant training program here at Deer Park. The monastic community continues and is growing deeper roots on this land! This past winter retreat the monks of Solidity Hamlet offered a class entitled: Introduction to Monastic Life. The class was open to all friends […]