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Belonging to Sanghas
By Sara Henry—True Manifestation of Offering I’m writing this letter from a snowy, cold, and cloudy day in New Hampshire. I’m about to make lunch, drive to vote in the […]
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What’s Cooking in Solidity Hamlet?
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Let Me Count the Ways
By Deborah Westcott How do I love Deer Park Monastery? Let me count the ways! Deer Park is my spiritual refuge. I love the monastics and the friends I see […]
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What does non-self mean?
Hello Deer Park Community and Sangha, I hope you all are doing well during this uneasy period. I am writing in reference to perhaps an unusual issue I have had in recent […]
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View from the Teahouse
By Brother Minh An Sometimes I look at the sky like it’s a table, solid and limited and knowable. But on this lazy afternoon I closed my eyes and saw […]
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Saving Deer Park Ridge
By Ron Forster – True Ocean of Courage We vow to develop understanding, in order to live peacefully with people, animals, plants, and minerals. Feelings of tranquility arise as I […]
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Roadrunner in the Canyon
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Crow Moon
Raven at Hidden Spring below Burnt Mountain on an oak tree, croaking and clicking as the Crow Moon arrives. Another raven calling in the canyon…
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Ode to the Valley
By Brother Phap Luu Coyotes gather to gossip in the chaparral shade, at ease, yet glaring, paws splayed, lean and limber, some lying, one panting. It is midday. Monks gather […]
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Spiritual Friendship
By Laura Hunter Such is the wonder of life that you never know when something will change you forever. One day in February 2004, upon a recommendation from a friend, […]
