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DonatePeter Kuhn, True Ocean of Joy, is a musician, writer, and Dharma teacher living in San Diego, CA. Pete is a respected and well-loved friend on the path who teaches through his mindful actions and graceful words. He has been active in 12 Step programs since 1986 and founded the 12 Step Zen Sangha, which meets online twice a week, to explore the intersection of recovery and Thay’s teachings in 2012. He has provided years of prison Sangha building, end-of-life care, and remains committed to helping others find freedom from suffering. Pete brings his full self to his practice, offering supportive guidance and deep healing to those who know him through his candor, authenticity, and humor about transforming the traumas of his own life into a path of service, compassion, and joy. He practices with the Open Heart Sangha of San Diego and the 12 Step Zen Sangha. His book, Livin’ Right: The Alchemy of Addiction and Zen Recovery, is scheduled for release by Parallax Press in Fall 2026. For more information, visit www.12stepzen.org
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.
