Category: General

  • What does non-self mean?

    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 […]

  • View from the Teahouse

    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 […]

  • Saving Deer Park Ridge

    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 […]

  • Roadrunner in the Canyon

    Roadrunner in the Canyon
  • Crow Moon

    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…

  • Ode to the Valley

    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 […]

  • Spiritual Friendship

    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, […]

  • Meeting Thầy’s Life Force

    Meeting Thầy’s Life Force

    by Chân Đẳng Nghiêm I had the opportunity to see Thầy at the root temple, Từ Hiếu, in March 2019. Thầy was eating breakfast when I walked in. He looked […]

  • The Brook

    The Brook

    By Sister Trăng Thanh Ɖoan (Sister Clear Dignity) One day, when I went up to the meditation hall, I heard the sound of the waterfall and some words arose in […]

  • Meet the White Sage Family

    Meet the White Sage Family

    How did you find Deer Park Monastery and what inspired you to ordain? Br. Minh Dinh: I found Deer Park through the website. I was going to become a therapist […]