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Kimie’s Love Letter
Having recently completed our Teen Camp, and as we prepare for Family Retreat, enjoy this personal story from Kimie about her time at these retreats.
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Hearing My Songs
A young person shares of her journey from attending a Teen Camp at age 16 followed by several more years of visiting Deer Park. They found a home.
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The Little Buffalo in Pursuit of the Sun
The Little Buffalo in Pursuit of the Sun is a prose poem by Thich Nhat Hanh that explores in early years as a novice monk in Vietnam.
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Home For The Cline Family
The Dharma Seal of the Plum Village tradition is “I have arrived, I am home.” While the “home” in this case is non-geographic in nature, it is reasonable to say […]
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Belonging to Sanghas
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 primary election, buy groceries, then go […]
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Appreciating Beauty on a Lazy Morning
I opened my eyes a few seconds before 5 am, just before my alarm went off. It had been a few days, and I guess my body and mind had […]
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Barefoot Dharma
Brother Pháp Lý is the kind of person who prefers to hug you the first time he meets you. I had heard about him before he arrived: his buoyant personality, […]
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Treasure in the Mountains
During our last trip to Deer Park Monastery, I watched my two children skip down the road from Solidity Hamlet to the dining hall. My daughter’s hair flew up and […]