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DonateDr. Larry Ward is a poet, writer, world-renowned spiritual teacher, and co-founder of The Lotus Institute. He is the acclaimed author of America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal, and a senior Dharma teacher ordained in the Plum Village tradition. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies, with a focus on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation.
With more than 40 years of international experience in organizational change and community renewal, Dr. Ward brings a unique and transformative presence to his teaching. He weaves deep insight with personal story and resounding clarity—an embodiment of his Dharma name, True Great Sound.
From time to time we offer multi-week courses related to mindfulness, the teachings and life of Thich Nhat Hanh, and a variety of similar subjects. Please see our schedule of upcoming courses.
Take the Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village community with you wherever you go. The Plum Village app is designed to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness, and other practices — all through a mobile device.
