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Class 9: First of the Four Noble Truths with Thich Chan Phap Ho - The Existence of Suffering/Stress Dear Virtual Family: For the past 8 weeks, we have studied the Noble 8-fold path, the 4th of the 4 Noble truths.  In a kind of Zen order, we have studied the last, first.  Tonight, we look into the first of the Four Noble Truths- The Existence of Suffering/Stress.  Thich Chan Phap Ho (Protection of the Dharma) guides us to look deeply into the fact that we have suffering, what it is, and how to handle it.  We can bring our awarness to the reality of our suffering and bri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Class #8: Right Concentration with Sr. Chan Bich Nghiem Today's talk is a talk and a practice.  A chance to come back and touch the moment.  A chance to cultivate the evenness and concentration of our mind and to connect our body and our mind.  We learn new ways to enjoy being ourselves and nourish ourselves with right concentration.   Concentration also means 'to dwell with'.   We learn how to keep the weather within the same, no matter what the weather outside is. Please enjoy this wonderful practice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Class #7: Right Livelihood with Thich Chan Phap Ho and Panelists Tonight we learn about another step on the Noble Eight Fold Path- Right Livelihood. The way we make a living has an impact on our world and society, but also on us.  As we make a living, we are also making ourselves.  Tonight's class discusses the many ways the practice can nourish our work life and allows up to help ourselves, our co-workers and the people we serve all at once. Phap Ho is joined by two panelists from the Order of Interbeing who share about their path of practice ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Class 6 of Moment by Moment: Right Effort with Thich Chan Phap Hai Dear Friends Tonight we are offered a very inspiring and empowering teaching on Right Effort.  Right Effort is the first in the Concentration Triad of steps on the 8-fold path, the place where we are able and ready to collect our mind.  At this point in our training, our mind begins to calm down.  Right effort in Buddhist teaching is not hard labor.  It is appropriate attention or appropriate effort.  We will learn how to examine what we are being fed by others and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Class 5 of Moment by Moment Course: Right Action with Sister Bich Nghiem Welcome Back and Happy New Year to our virtual Dharma classmates! We hope you enjoyed your holiday and were offered many beautiful opportunities to cultivate, enjoy, and share your practice. Tonight's class is on Right Action.  Sr. Bich Nghiem shares that the practice of Right Action can help us be happier.  Right action means right action of the body, the practice of being in touch with love and preventing harm,  non-violence, and doing everything in mindfulness. She sh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Class 4 of Moment by Moment Course: Right Speech Dear Friends Just in time for the holidays we have an opportunity to look deeply at Right Speech. The materials prepared for this talk are very useful and insightful. You can find them here: http://deerparkmonastery.org/teachings/moment-by-moment/course-material-week-4/view  Thich Phap Ho shares about ways to make our speech loving, kind, and using speech that grows our community in a harmonious direction.  Sister Quyen Nghiem shares about the important practice of Noble ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Healing Emotions: A Dharma Talk by Thich Phap Dang Today we offer a very useful and moving dharma talk given here at Deer Park Monastery by Brother Phap Dang, in which he speaks about depression and dark states of the mind, and the mind’s obsessions that can lead to these dark places.  We know it will bring benefits to many people.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Moment by Moment Class #3: Right Thinking, Right Intention Dear Friends:  Tonights podcast includes three amazing gifts-- 00-8:00 a sitting meditation (there is a little additional resonance that makes the bells very long around minute 7:00) 8:00    Intro to the class 13:00   A beautiful song offering, Can't Stop Love,  by Washuntara (www.washuntara.com) 18:00   The teaching by Thich Phap Hai on Right Thinking/ Right Intention.   Enjoy this amazing offering. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Moment to Moment Class #2: Right View Dear Dharmacast Family: We hope you are having a wonderful winter (or summer depending on where you are) and are enjoying the fruits of your practice. We continue with the Moment to Moment exploration with today's class on Right View.  The handout can be found at http://deerparkmonastery.org/teachings/moment-by-moment/course-material-week-2/view and it is highly encouraged that you download and review this.  It provides much wonderful information and insightful sugg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Moment by Moment Class #1: Right Mindfulness--The First Offering by Deer Park Monastic Dharma Teachers During Winter Retreat Moment by Moment: A  90-day journey in the landscape of Buddhist Teachings & Practices This winter a group of Monastic Dharma Teachers here at Deer Park will offer a course based in the Buddhas Teaching on the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path. Nov 27, 2011  This winter's course - Moment by Moment: will be an opportunity to enjoy walking meditation through some of the vistas of central Buddhist teachings and practices.  If we look deeply at the Buddhist Dhar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Together We Are One: A Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery This very special Dharma Talk by Thay is offered by the wonderful Plum Village Monastery Online.  We encourage you to visit http://pvom.org/ for more of these wonderful teachings. Here is an excerpt from the website. "This is the final Dharma talk offered by Thay in the Together We Are One Retreat at Deer Park Monastery on the North American Tour, on September 11th, 2011. Thay shares compassion, love, and great understanding: Understanding of suffering allows compassion to ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Teen Retreat: How to be Your Own Best Friend--A Dharma Talk by Thay Phap Ho Dear Community Every year in summer,  Deer Park Monastery hosts a 5-day Teen Camp. The teens camp out, sleeping in tents, gathering around a camp fire in the morning, play and practice.  This year was a wonderful experience for over 50 teens.  Here is a wonderful Dharma talk from the Teen Retreat. Enjoy you peaceful breath, Enjoy your peaceful step Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Finding the Teacher Within Us: A Dharma Talk by Sister Huong Nghiem Dear Friends Today's talk is from the annual Meditation and Education Retreat at Deer Park Monastery.  Dharma teacher Sister Huong Nghiem shares insights about the practice and offers beautiful teachings for the group of students and educators gathered at the retreat. She urges us to look for and find the teacher in ourselves and to find ways to be in the drivers seat of our own lives.  We meditate to see what should be done and doesn't need to be done.  She asks us to look t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discourse on Loving Kindness: A Dharma Talk by Thay Phap Hai Dear Friends, We are happy today to bring you a wonderful dharma talk on the Discourse on Loving-Kindness by Thay Phap Hai.  In this talk, Thay Phap Hai guides us in a deep introduction not only on the text, but also how to use it in our daily lives.  He urges us, in this and in all the teachings, to always ask ‘how does this apply to my situation?’  He also touches on the Four Divine Abidings and how to practice the ‘radiations’ or metta meditations.& ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Art of Practice – A New Year’s Talk from Venerable Thich Phuoc Tinh Dear friends, The Deer Park Podcast team hopes you enjoyed the Course on the 14 Verses of Meditation. Now, we are happy to resume our schedule of offering talks from Days of Mindfulness at Deer Park. Thich Phuoc Tinh, known to the Sangha as the Venerable, here offers a forthright guide to everyday practice. The Venerable shows us how a steady mindfulness practice can whither away our sorrow and anger, and allow us to understand that all our reactions and emotions come from within us. This d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 14 of 14 on Meditation: Supported by the Sangha Body Dear Friends After 14 weeks, we have come to our last verse.  We hope you have enjoyed this course.  We hope you will offer your thoughts and comments, especially how this course has helped deepen your practice.   Verse 14 Supported by the Sangha Body my practice flows easier, allowing me to swiftly realize my great determination to love and understand all beings. Alternate Translation: With the support of the Sangha one can practice successfully with ease and accomplish qu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 13 of 14 on Meditation: Not discriminating between the practice offered by the Tathagata and that of the ancestral teachers Verse 13   Not Discriminating Between the practice offered by the Tathagata and that of the ancestral teachers, the Four Noble Truths perfectly interwoven should serve as the foundation of an authentic transmission.   Thay Phap Hai offers a deep class today reminding us that the universe has a way of teaching us the lesson we are ready to learn.  We alsways want to ask, "How does this teaching help me to transform?"  If it doesn't it is not the right teaching at this tim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 12 of 14 on Meditation: The Mahayana sutras and teachings open many fresh, wide gateways Dear Friends Sorry for the long delay in posting this class.  Our podcast limits were exceeded but we should be able to post more now. Enjoy bathing in the stream! Verse 12 The Mahayana sutras and teachings open many fresh, wide gateways allowing me to enter the depths of the stream of meditation flowing from the Original Source of the Buddha's teachings. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 11 of 14 on Meditation: The basic meditation sutras Hi Friends Here is Verse 11 The basic meditation sutras, such as the Full Awareness of Breathing and the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, show us step by step, how to transform the body and the mind. We are encouraged to focus on one set of 4 exercises from the Discourse on Full Awareness of Breathing during our daily sitting meditation. We can also look d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 10 of 14 on Meditation: Nirvana is non-attainment Dear Friends We are so happy and thankful to Thay Phap Hai for this beautiful teaching.  The readings are also a wonderful reminder how much all of us non-monastics owe Anathapindika.  He is the one who, on his deathbed, shared with the sangha that us laypeople could understand the deep teachings of the dharma.  Let us live in such a way as to be worthy of his confidence. Verse 10:   Nirvana ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 9 of 14 on Meditation: Emptiness, signlessness, and aimlessness Dear Virtual Study Group We apologize for the delay in posting.  We are only able to upload 250 MB a month so when we exceed our limit we have to wait a bit.  We hope you will understand as the podcast is run on donations and volunteer time. Here is Verse 9: Emptiness, signlessness, and aimlessness liberate me from suffering, so that in my daily practice ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 8 of 14 version on meditation: Impermanence is one with nonself Dear Friends Tonight, we are introduced to the concepts that can, with practice, become our reality.  Thay Phap Hai reminds us that intellectual understanding is not one with wisdom and that whatever we learn we always have to ask 'how does this apply in my life?'  We also are introduced to interdependent co-arising which is at the core of the buddhist teaching. This is, because that is. Verse 8 Impermanence is one w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 7 of the 14 Verses on Meditation: To dwell in the present moment Dear Thay, Dear Sangha Tonight's teaching is on the 7th Verse.  Thay Phap Ho shares that we can be aware that our happiness depends on my mindful attitude and not external conditions.  We review the 4 recollections and we are encouraged to seek to recognize what is bringing happiness and joy to our lives.  The Mindfulness Trainings are discussed and we can see that if we are practicing and living according to the Mindfulness T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 6 of the 14 Verses on Meditation: Looking Deeply into the Heart of Reality Dear Friends on the Path, Here is the teaching on Verse 6. Verse 6 Looking deeply into the heart of reality to see the true nature of things, practicing vipashyana enables me to let go of everything I am searching for, my desires, and my fears. Our sister shares the teaching with us that the practice is to be closer to our hearts. The more I know ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 5 of the 14 Verses on Meditation (Stopping and Deep Looking): To calm, to relax the body and mind Dear Friends Tonight's wonderful class provides many insights into why we meditate and how we can better be masters of our own practice. Verse 5: To calm, to relax the body and mind. To nourish, to heal,  to protect the 6 senses, and to maintain right concentration. This week's homework also includes the wonderful, restful practice of Deep Relaxation--perfect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Offering to our Virtual Sangha- Breathing In, Breathing Out sung to the tune of Silent Night Dear Friends Our class would like to offer this song to all of you following along with the podcast remotely.  Have a peaceful and wonderful holiday from all of us to all of you.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 4 of the 14 Verses on Meditation (Stopping and Deep Looking): My breathing and my steps Dear Classmates on the Path Tonight's transmission is on the 4th Verse.  We begin the podcast after those present in the class all shared how our practice was progressing with each other.  Maybe you, too, would like to reflect how your practice has been going for you. 4th Verse: My breathing and my steps Enable me to generate the energy of mindfulness, So that I can recognize and touch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 3 of the 14 Verses on Meditation: The Practice of Vipashyana is to Look Deeply Dear Friends Here is Sister Su Co Bich Nghiem's beautiful transmission on Verse 3. Third Verse: The practice of Vipashyana is to Look Deeply into the nature of the five skandas so that I may develop understanding and transform suffering.   In this sharing, our sister encourages us to "Give yourself time to be with yourself more so that you can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Verse 2 of the 14 Verses on Meditation: Stopping means to be still Dear Friends What a great fortune to have been born a human, to be in harmony with others, and to have a chance to take this wonderful course!  The second session is offered to us by Thay Phap Hai and is rich with insights into our beautiful practice. The Second Verse: Stopping (Shamatha) means to be still In order to recognize, to be in contact, To nourish, to heal, To calm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Course on Meditation- Stopping and Looking Deeply Class 1-- Just as a Bird Has Two Wings Dear Friends The 3-month Winter Rains Retreat began today at Deer Park.  Also, today this course on the Fourteen Verses on Meditation course held its first class.  A group of around 30 people have joined together to be taught by Thay Phap Hai and Thay Phap Ho and we have all committed to following the course during the coming 14 weeks. We hope that you will join us online.  In this way you can join us in our study, reflection and practice wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | RavenKip Dharma Talk from Thay Phap Dung Dear friends, Brother Phap Dung, the Abbott of Deer Park Monastery, here offers a wonderfully casual talk with the children at this summer's Family Retreat. From Pokemon to Deer Park's ravens to an introduction to inviting the bell to sound, Brother Phap Dung encourages children to be present with, and appreciate, their surroundings and family. Please enjoy these offerings with your family, and may there be great joy in your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Taking Care, A Dharma Talk for parents from Thay Phap Dung Dear friends, Thich Nhat Hahn shows us very clearly that while we practice for our own transformation, it is just as important to practice for our relationships with those we love. In this dharma talk Bother Phap Dung, the Abbott of Deer Park, encourages us to be present with exactly who we are, with all our strengths and weakness, rather than an impossible image of how we should be. He shows us how, by being present with ourselves and families in this way, we can clearly see the time, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Children's Podcast: A Dharma Talk for Children from Brother Phap Ho Dear friends, In this playful dharma talk given to the children at this summer's family retreat, Brother Phap Ho shares a story of a frontier boy learning the ways of the local Native American tribe and the lessons of diligence. Learning, he reminds us, for both children and adults, can be the same thing as playing.    Please enjoy these offerings with your family, and may your present moment be inspired with playfulness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gatha Practice: A Dharma talk of Sister Huong Nghiem Waking up this morning I smile 24 brand new hours are before me I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion Dear Friends Gathas are short verses to recite in the routine moments of our lives - waking up in the morning,  brushing our teeth, turning on a car – to bring ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bells of Mindfulness Sister Dang Nhiem shows us the proper way to invite the sound of the bell. She also teaches us how to cultivate that peacefulness when we hear noises that might otherwise cause stress.Lay practitioner Patrick Burke made the video.  A higher resolution version is at www.burkepost.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sister Dang Nhiem on Inviting the Bell This is the full audio version of the Bells of Mindfulness video. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Starting a Fire: A Dharma Talk from The Venerable Phuoc Tinh   Dear Friends Thich Phuoc Tinh, known to the Sangha as The Venerable, here offers a wonderfully direct talk to encourage us forward in our practice. He reminds us that if we stop practicing when we are feeling good, we are like a person rubbing sticks together to start a fire, and stopping just as the sticks grow warm, before the real fire begins. The Dharma, he tells us, is a dharma of action, not of intellect. This dharma talk is offered for Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year. May t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Starting a Fire: A Dharma Talk from The Venerable Phuoc Tinh   Dear Friends Thich Phuoc Tinh, known to the Sangha as The Venerable, here offers a wonderfully direct talk to encourage us forward in our practice. He reminds us that if we stop practicing when we are feeling good, we are like a person rubbing sticks together to start a fire, and stopping just as the sticks grow warm, before the real fire begins. The Dharma, he tells us, is a dharma of action, not of intellect. This dha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | VIDEO PODCAST Garden Practice   Dear Friends  The Deer Park Podcast team is excited to share our first Video Podcast with you.  We hope you will enjoy this short interview with a local Deer Park practitioner.   J.C. Earle practices with the Compassionate Heart Sangha in Los Angeles, and he's a frequent visitor to Deer Park.  In this video, J.C. discusses his understanding of mindfulness, using his garden as a metaphor for consciousness.  A higher-quality version of this video is a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | VIDEO PODCAST Meet our Practitioners: J.C. Earle's Garden Practice Dear Friends, We hope you will enjoy this short interview with a local Deer Park practitioner.   J.C. Earle practices with the Compassionate Heart Sangha in Los Angeles, and he's a frequent visitor to Deer Park.  In this video, J.C. discusses his understanding of mindfulness, using his garden as a metaphor for consciousness.  A higher-quality version of this video is available at burkepost.com.   This Vidcast was created by anot ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wake Up! Dear Friends, Last night at the Dharma Nectar Hall of Lower Hamlet in Plum Village, lay and monastic practitioners from around the world gathered to concentrate our energy into a new song which could represent the Wake Up movement. Thanks to the good conditions of a visit from Joe Reilly, Melina Bondy and many talented monks, nuns and lay friends, the fruit of our practice is posted here. To learn more, or to join the Wake Up movement look no further than the website at http://wkup.org. For ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wake Up! Dear Friends, Last night at the Dharma Nectar Hall of Lower Hamlet in Plum Village, lay and monastic practitioners from around the world gathered to concentrate our energy into a new song which could represent the Wake Up movement. Thanks to the good conditions of a visit from Joe Reilly, Melina Bondy and many talented monks, nuns and lay friends, the fruit of our practice is posted here. To learn more, or to join the Wake Up movement look no ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Question and Answer Session from the Mindfulness and Education Retreat Dear Friends, Often at the end of retreats at Deer Park, a panel of Monks and Nuns will offer a question and answer session with the retreatâs participants. These sessions are always a precious opportunity for the retreat participants to seek guidance in their practice, and for our monastic brothers and sisters to share their unique insights.  This question and answer session was offered on the last day of Deer Parkâs recent Mindfulness and Education retreat. The panel of monks and n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Question and Answer Session from the Mindfulness and Education Retreat Dear Friends, Often at the end of retreats at Deer Park, a panel of Monks and Nuns will offer a question and answer session with the retreat’s participants. These sessions are always a precious opportunity for the retreat participants to seek guidance in their practice, and for our monastic brothers and sisters to share their unique insights.  This question and answer session was offered on the last day of Deer Park’s recent Mindfulness and Educatio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elements of Practice: Stopping, a Dharma Talk from Phap Ho Dear Friends,   In our next focus on the Elements of Practice we look at the first of two basic practices of the dharma: stopping and looking deeply.  In this dharma talk, Brother Phap Ho guides us in Stopping â coming to rest in the present moment, allowing our minds to become clear and rest in awareness.  We are then able to look deeply, to see that there are so many conditions for our happiness right around us that we might not notice otherwise, that we lose in the busy-n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elements of Practice: Stopping, a Dharma Talk from Phap Ho Dear Friends,  In our next focus on the Elements of Practice we look at the first of two basic practices of the dharma: stopping and looking deeply.  In this dharma talk, Brother Phap Ho guides us in Stopping â coming to rest in the present moment, allowing our minds to become clear and rest in awareness.  We are then able to look deeply, to see that there are so many conditions for our happiness right around us that we might not notice otherwise, that we lose in the busy-ne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elements of Practice: Stopping, a Dharma Talk from Phap Ho Dear Friends,  In our next focus on the Elements of Practice we look at the first of two basic practices of the dharma: stopping and looking deeply.  In this dharma talk, Brother Phap Ho guides us in Stopping – coming to rest in the present moment, allowing our minds to become clear and rest in awareness.  We are then able to look deeply, to see that there are so many conditions for our happiness right around us that we might not notice othe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Three Brains, a Dharma Talk by Sister Dang Nghiem Dear Friends, In this dharma talk Sister Dang Nghiem explores neurologist Paul MacLeanâs idea that our brains actually consist of three brains layered by evolution atop one another â the reptilian brain, the mammalian brain, and the intellectual Neocortex. Through the practice of mindfulness, Sister Dang Nghiem shows us how we can train ourselves to react from the highest level of our brainâs evolution, and so cultivate our minds to bring us greater happiness and peace, and to be a calm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Three Brains, a Dharma Talk by Sister Dang Nghiem Dear Friends, In this dharma talk Sister Dang Nghiem explores neurologist Paul MacLean’s idea that our brains actually consist of three brains layered by evolution atop one another – the reptilian brain, the mammalian brain, and the intellectual Neocortex. Through the practice of mindfulness, Sister Dang Nghiem shows us how we can train ourselves to react from the highest level of our brain’s evolution, and so cultivate our minds to bring us greater ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SOS from Bat Nha Monastery Dear Friends,The situation at Bat Nha Monastery has reached an apex in the past 24 hours. One hundred policemen have shown up at Bat Nha Monastery. Three of our brothers, Phap Hoi, Phap Tu and Phap Sy have been taken and have not been seen. The rest of the monastics have been pulled out into the rain, and are apparently waiting for a truck to bring them away--where we don't know. Please practice to send your energy of peace and support. Your help now is more urgent than ever. If any of you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SOS from Bat Nha Monastery Dear Friends,The situation at Bat Nha Monastery has reached an apex in the past 24 hours. One hundred policemen have shown up at Bat Nha Monastery. Three of our brothers, Phap Hoi, Phap Tu and Phap Sy have been taken and have not been seen. The rest of the monastics have been pulled out into the rain, and are apparently waiting for a truck to bring them away--where we don't know. Please practice to send your energy of peace and support. Your help now is more urgent than ever. If any of you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Are you really there?-- a Dharma Talk by Sister Tue Nghiem Dear Friends Our practice is to learn to listen to the innate wisdom that is inside of us, instead of the voices of judgment and expectation that battle for our attention.  In this dharma talk, through sharing of very personal stories of care-taking for her mother, Sister Tue Nghiem helps us to see this wisdom within ourselves and to listen to, as she calls it, âour voice.â In this talk she shows us that by being present with ourselves we are able to keep from taking for granted the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Are you really there?-- a Dharma Talk by Sister Tue Nghiem Dear Friends Our practice is to learn to listen to the innate wisdom that is inside of us, instead of the voices of judgment and expectation that battle for our attention.  In this dharma talk, through sharing of very personal stories of care-taking for her mother, Sister Tue Nghiem helps us to see this wisdom within ourselves and to listen to, as she calls it, “our voice.” In this talk she shows us that by being present with ourselves we are able t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Dharmacast for Kids of all Ages: Songs of Joe Reilly Dear Friends In this out-of-the-ordinary edition of the Deer Park dharmacast, we would like to share two songs by singer/songwriter Joe Reilly.  Joe, a practitioner in the Plum village tradition, is a face commonly seen visiting Deer Park when his touring takes him through the region.  But his music can be heard at the monastery much more often, as his light-hearted, meaningful songs have become regular staples at any programs and retreats involving children and families. To learn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Dharmacast for Kids of all Ages: Songs of Joe Reilly Dear Friends In this out-of-the-ordinary edition of the Deer Park dharmacast, we would like to share two songs by singer/songwriter Joe Reilly.  Joe, a practitioner in the Plum village tradition, is a face commonly seen visiting Deer Park when his touring takes him through the region.  But his music can be heard at the monastery much more often, as his light-hearted, meaningful songs have become regular staples at any programs and retreats involvin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Beloved Community Dear Friends,The 21-Day Retreat is now underway in Plum Village. Thay offered this talk to the newly arrived retreatants, beginning with a sharing on his meetings with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and continuing on to discuss how we can support President Obama in his practice of using loving speech and deep listening."When Barack Obama manifested, I regretted a little bit, because Martin Luther King, Jr. was not there to witness the fruit of our efforts. ... But finally, I saw that we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Beloved Community Dear Friends,The 21-Day Retreat is now underway in Plum Village. Thay offered this talk to the newly arrived retreatants, beginning with a sharing on his meetings with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and continuing on to discuss how we can support President Obama in his practice of using loving speech and deep listening."When Barack Obama manifested, I regretted a little bit, because Martin Luther King, Jr. was not there to witness the fruit of our efforts. ... But finally, I saw that we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Listening to the Wave, A Dharma Talk from Sister Dang Nghiem Dear Friends, We often experience our emotions like waves, crashing on the shore.  But a waveâs beginning can be miles away, or thousands of feet underwater.  The same is true for our emotions.  In this talk, Sister Dang Nghiem shows us that while we may not notice emotions until they crash upon us, looking deeply we can see that their origin is far below the surface.  In this way we can be mindful of our habitual reactions and responses, recognizing them before we are ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Listening to the Wave, A Dharma Talk from Sister Dang Nghiem Dear Friends, We often experience our emotions like waves, crashing on the shore.  But a wave’s beginning can be miles away, or thousands of feet underwater.  The same is true for our emotions.  In this talk, Sister Dang Nghiem shows us that while we may not notice emotions until they crash upon us, looking deeply we can see that their origin is far below the surface.  In this way we can be mindful of our habitual reactions and responses, recognizing them before we are ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skillful Means: A Dharma Talk from Sister Huong Nghiem Dear Friends,  This Dharma talk is the final talk of Deer Parkâs Heart of the Winter Retreat, a time of intensive study and practice for the monastics. To bring this three-month time of retreat to a close, Sister Huong Nghiem, or Sister True Fragrance, here offers an insightful and very pragmatic talk on looking deeply and skillfully into our practice and our lives. She offers many insights on how we can fine-tune our practice to best serve us, to identify what the root of our sufferi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skillful Means: A Dharma Talk from Sister Huong Nghiem Dear Friends,  This Dharma talk is the final talk of Deer Park’s Heart of the Winter Retreat, a time of intensive study and practice for the monastics. To bring this three-month time of retreat to a close, Sister Huong Nghiem, or Sister True Fragrance, here offers an insightful and very pragmatic talk on looking deeply and skillfully into our practice and our lives. She offers many insights on how we can fine-tune our practice to best ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Living Deeply: A Dharma Talk from Thich PhÆ°á»c Tá»nh Dear Friends ThÃch PhÆác Tánh, known to the Sangha as the Venerable, here offers a wonderful and direct talk on living deeply as a human being, going inward to find deep meaning in your life, and so transcending happiness and suffering, fortune and misfortune. This dharma talk was offered for Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year, and leads us toward renewal in our life and in our practice.  We offer a deep bow of gratitude to Sister Dang Nghiem for offering a wonderful translation of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Living Deeply: A Dharma Talk from Thich Phước Tịnh Dear Friends Thích Phước Tịnh, known to the Sangha as the Venerable, here offers a wonderful and direct talk on living deeply as a human being, going inward to find deep meaning in your life, and so transcending happiness and suffering, fortune and misfortune. This dharma talk was offered for Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year, and leads us toward renewal in our life and in our practice.  We offer a deep bow of gratitude to Sister Dang Nghiem for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Appropriateness by Thay Phap Hai Dear Friends, Deer Park has been alive with energy these past weeks with the monks, nuns, and visitors joyfully celebrating Tet, the lunar New Year. Celebrations included thrilling dragon dances, and the making of hundreds of traditional earth-cakes. This dharma talk was given by Thay Phap Hai just before Tet at a Day of Mindfulness.  It was offered as the monthly talk for Order of Interbeing Members and Aspirants but all of us can also find great benefits for our pract ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Appropriateness by Thay Phap Hai Dear Friends, Deer Park has been alive with energy these past weeks with the monks, nuns, and visitors joyfully celebrating Tet, the lunar New Year. Celebrations included thrilling dragon dances, and the making of hundreds of traditional earth-cakes. This dharma talk was given by Thay Phap Hai just before Tet at a Day of Mindfulness.  It was offered as the monthly talk for Order of Interbeing Members and Aspirants but all of us can also f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Self-Renewal and Setting our Intentions for the New Year Happy New Year! Todayâs podcast was the result of a wonderful experiment at Deer Park.  Zen Teacher Thay Phap Hai and two Order of Interbeing members, Karen Hilsberg and Kenley Neufeld, shared a dharma talk on self-renewal.  These wonderful teachers offer insights into how we can begin anew with ourselves and practice right away by watering our own flower.  We can also reflect on our relationships and our lives and find new places to be open to experience and to life.  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Self-Renewal and Setting our Intentions for the New Year Happy New Year! Today’s podcast was the result of a wonderful experiment at Deer Park.  Zen Teacher Thay Phap Hai and two Order of Interbeing members, Karen Hilsberg and Kenley Neufeld, shared a dharma talk on self-renewal.  These wonderful teachers offer insights into how we can begin anew with ourselves and practice right away by watering our own flower.  We can also reflect on our relationships and our lives and find new places to be open ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Winter Retreat Talk on Openness with Thay Phap Dung Dear Friends The annual Winter Retreat opened very joyfully at Deer Park on November 15.  From requests in past year's Winter Retreats for more structured study during these three months, the community has planned a number of courses for monastic and lay practitioners this winter.   The Deer Park Podcast will offer the once a month special teachings on the 14 Mindfulness Trainings by senior Dharma teachers in Deer Park. The talks are planned to form one coherent in-depth look ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Winter Retreat Talk on Openness with Thay Phap Dung Dear Friends The annual Winter Retreat opened very joyfully at Deer Park on November 15.  From requests in past year's Winter Retreats for more structured study during these three months, the community has planned a number of courses for monastic and lay practitioners this winter.   The Deer Park Podcast will offer the once a month special teachings on the 14 Mindfulness Trainings by senior Dharma teachers in Deer Park. The talks are planned t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Recitation of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings Hello everyone Dharma teachers Thay Phap Ho and Sister Dang Nghiem offer a recitation of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing.  Thich Nhat Hanh says in this book, Interbeing, “If we practice these trainings deeply enough, we will recognize that each training contains every other training. Studying and practicing them can help us understand the true nature of interbeing-we cannot just be by ourselves alone; we can only inter-be ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Recitation of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings Hello everyone Dharma teachers Thay Phap Ho and Sister Dang Nghiem offer a recitation of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing.  Thich Nhat Hanh says in this book, Interbeing, �If we practice these trainings deeply enough, we will recognize that each training contains every other training. Studying and practicing them can help us understand the true nature of interbeing-we cannot just be by ourselves alone; we can only inter-be with everyone and everything else. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Be True, Be Beautiful: 2008 Teen Retreat with Thay Phap Dung and Sister Dang Nghiem Dear Young Friends On September 19, 2008, the Wake Up movement for young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a healthy and compassionate society was announced.  Wake Up is a community of young Dharma practitioners who want to help their society which is overloaded with intolerance, discrimination, craving, anger and despair.  They practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings, ethical guidelines offered by the Buddha; the most concrete practice of true ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Be True, Be Beautiful: 2008 Teen Retreat with Thay Phap Dung and Sister Dang Nghiem Dear Young Friends On September 19, 2008, the Wake Up movement for young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a healthy and compassionate society was announced.  Wake Up is a community of young Dharma practitioners who want to help their society which is overloaded with intolerance, discrimination, craving, anger and despair.  They practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings, ethical guidelines offered by the Buddha; the most concrete practice of true love and compassion, clearly show ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elements of Practice: Sitting Meditation with Thay Phap Hai (Part 1) Dear Friends. Today we are happy to share a new kind of offering with you.  We are initiating a series of podcasts called the “Elements of Practice”.   We are so fortunate to have our first offering in this series from Thay Phap Hai, one of our wonderful and experienced dharma teachers here at Deer Park Monastery.  In Sitting Meditation, Part 1, he shares the basics of how to sit, why we sit, and other element ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elements of Practice: Sitting Meditation with Thay Phap Hai (Part 1) Dear Friends. Today we are happy to share a new kind of offering with you.  We are initiating a series of podcasts called the �Elements of Practice�.   We are so fortunate to have our first offering in this series from Thay Phap Hai, one of our wonderful and experienced dharma teachers here at Deer Park Monastery.  In Sitting Meditation, Part 1, he shares the basics of how to sit, why we sit, and other elements of this practice.  We learn ho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Leaving Behind: A Talk from the Winter Retreat Greetings Friends Here is an excerpt from one of Thay’s talks focusing on some lessons for beginning practitioners.  For example, the practice of leaving behind can bring great happiness.  He also discusses skillful ways to relate to your suffering and shares that whether we suffer a little or a lot, is entirely up to us.   We hope you enjoy this wonderful talk. Please enjoy your peaceful breath. &nb ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Leaving Behind: A Talk from the Winter Retreat Greetings Friends Here is an excerpt from one of Thay�s talks focusing on some lessons for beginning practitioners.  For example, the practice of leaving behind can bring great happiness.  He also discusses skillful ways to relate to your suffering and shares that whether we suffer a little or a lot, is entirely up to us.   We hope you enjoy this wonderful talk. Please enjoy your peaceful breath.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dharma Teacher Larry Ward at the Vesak Conference in Vietnam Dear Friends This month we offer a wonderful sharing from Dharma teacher Larry Ward at the UN Vesak conference in Vietnam.  “The question is not what may I do to be saved, but rather, what must we do to be saved.  And by ‘we’ I mean the whole planet”.  It is a wonderful talk and we hope you enjoy it.  To Larry’s many gifts already offered to the world a new one is added— Love’s Garden by Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward explor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dharma Teacher Larry Ward at the Vesak Conference in Vietnam Dear Friends This month we offer a wonderful sharing from Dharma teacher Larry Ward at the UN Vesak conference in Vietnam.  �The question is not what may I do to be saved, but rather, what must we do to be saved.  And by �we� I mean the whole planet�.  It is a wonderful talk and we hope you enjoy it.  To Larry�s many gifts already offered to the world a new one is added� Love�s Garden by Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward explores the spiritual dimension of relationship. Lar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beginning Anew with Thay Phap An and Sr. Dang Nghiem Dear Friends The practice of Beginning Anew is the deep teaching offered by Dharma teachers Sr. Dang Nghiem and Br. Phap An.  It is a wonderful practice that can help heal relationships and improve communication and understanding—the foundations for love. This excerpt from the Stonehill College Retreat in 2007, also offers teaching on the power of our minds and how asking the simple question, “Am I sure?”, can relieve much suffering.  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beginning Anew with Thay Phap An and Sr. Dang Nghiem Dear Friends The practice of Beginning Anew is the deep teaching offered by Dharma teachers Sr. Dang Nghiem and Br. Phap An.  It is a wonderful practice that can help heal relationships and improve communication and understanding�the foundations for love. This excerpt from the Stonehill College Retreat in 2007, also offers teaching on the power of our minds and how asking the simple question, �Am I sure?�, can relieve much suffering.  Please enjoy your breath and the beautiful sp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007 Fall College Retreat Question and Answer: Part 2 Dear Friends We hope you are enjoying the beautiful spring.  Here is Part 2 of the 2007 Question and Answer from our College Retreat at Deer Park Monastery.  Dharma teachers offer their insights on many subjects including the impacts of society on our consciousness and how to stay calm and happy.  Br. Phap Ho moderates. Our next college retreat offers students the opportunity to have a different kind of ‘spring brea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007 Fall College Retreat Question and Answer: Part 2 Dear Friends We hope you are enjoying the beautiful spring.  Here is Part 2 of the 2007 Question and Answer from our College Retreat at Deer Park Monastery.  Dharma teachers offer their insights on many subjects including the impacts of society on our consciousness and how to stay calm and happy.  Br. Phap Ho moderates. Our next college retreat offers students the opportunity to have a different kind of �spring break� by learning the nourishing practices of mindfuln ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007 Fall College Retreat Question and Answer: Part 1 Dear Friends, This month we offer the first of a two part Question and Answer session held during our most recent College Retreat.  Several monastic Dharma Teachers share their insights in response to questions from our college students.  Sr. Viet Nghiem shares why she was so happy to say goodbye to her camera. Br. Phap Luu discusses life before and after death.  Brother Phap Ho leads the question and answer session.    ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007 Fall College Retreat Question and Answer: Part 1 Dear Friends, This month we offer the first of a two part Question and Answer session held during our most recent College Retreat.  Several monastic Dharma Teachers share their insights in response to questions from our college students.  Sr. Viet Nghiem shares why she was so happy to say goodbye to her camera. Br. Phap Luu discusses life before and after death.  Brother Phap Ho leads the question and answer session.      If you are able, attending a ret ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Earth Peace Treaty Commitment Sheet Dear friends, please download and read over this sheet, which we have been distributing at many of our retreats during this past tour. It lists actions we can take in our daily lives to reduce our impact on our ecosystems and the planet. If you like, fill it out and send it back to us at Deer Park Monastery so we may collate and enter your commitment to a growing list of the commitments of practitioners all over the world. Our actions inspire others, which inspires us. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Earth Peace Treaty Commitment Sheet Dear friends, please download and read over this sheet, which we have been distributing at many of our retreats during this past tour. It lists actions we can take in our daily lives to reduce our impact on our ecosystems and the planet. If you like, fill it out and send it back to us at Deer Park Monastery so we may collate and enter your commitment to a growing list of the commitments of practitioners all over the world. Our actions inspire others, which inspires us. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Our Environment: Touching Our Gift of Life This week we offer you a talk that Thay gave in Denver, Colorado on August 29th, 2007 during this summer's tour. It was entitled "Our Environment: Touching Our Gift of Life," and in it Thay looks deeply at our present situation as human beings on the planet Earth. Please consider filling out the Earth Peace Treaty Commitment Sheet, to help ourselves, our communities and our planet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Our Environment: Touching Our Gift of Life This week we offer you a talk that Thay gave in Denver, Colorado on August 29th, 2007 during this summer's tour. It was entitled "Our Environment: Touching Our Gift of Life," and in it Thay looks deeply at our present situation as human beings on the planet Earth. Please consider filling out the Earth Peace Treaty Commitment Sheet, to help ourselves, our communities and our planet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk at Hong Kong University The two-and-a-half month trip to Vietnam this year has finished with success. Thay and the Sangha have continued on for ten days of retreats and days of mindfulness in Hong Kong, and we now are in Chiang Mai, Thailand for a five-day retreat. This week we offer you Thay's first talk in Hong Kong, at the University of Hong Kong on 10 May, 2007. Thay fields a number of questions from the audience, including: What can we do to help the situation of global warmin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk at Hong Kong University The two-and-a-half month trip to Vietnam this year has finished with success. Thay and the Sangha have continued on for ten days of retreats and days of mindfulness in Hong Kong, and we now are in Chiang Mai, Thailand for a five-day retreat. This week we offer you Thay's first talk in Hong Kong, at the University of Hong Kong on 10 May, 2007. Thay fields a number of questions from the audience, including: What can we do to help the situation of global warming? What is Thay's impression of p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk at the Melia Hotel, Hanoi This talk was offered by Thay to foreigners living in Hanoi on April 25, 2007. Included are questions and answers from the audience, and a reading of the letter that Thay offered to the people of Vietnam as part of the three reconciliation ceremonies in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue and Soc Son, north of Hanoi.The delegation traveling with Thay has just left Hanoi for 10 days of talks and a retreat in Hong Kong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk at the Melia Hotel, Hanoi This talk was offered by Thay to foreigners living in Hanoi on April 25, 2007. Included are questions and answers from the audience, and a reading of the letter that Thay offered to the people of Vietnam as part of the three reconciliation ceremonies in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue and Soc Son, north of Hanoi.The delegation traveling with Thay has just left Hanoi for 10 days of talks and a retreat in Hong Kong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk for Intellectuals in Da Nang This week we offer a talk for intellectuals and others given at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Da Nang. The quality of the recording is not great due to background noise, but it is intelligible, and the talk is worth the trouble. A number of questions are answered by Thay towards the end. The talk is translated by Sister Dang Nghiem.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk for Intellectuals in Da Nang This week we offer a talk for intellectuals and others given at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Da Nang. The quality of the recording is not great due to background noise, but it is intelligible, and the talk is worth the trouble. A number of questions are answered by Thay towards the end. The talk is translated by Sister Dang Nghiem.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk from Hue Reconciliation Ceremony This week we offer a talk from the first day of the Three Day Reconciliation Ceremony in Hue at Dieu De Temple. The ceremony was the second one on this trip, after the one in Vinh Nghiem Temple, TP Ho Chi Minh. Loved ones of people of all nationalities remembered those who died in wars and in boats during the past century in Vietnam by writing their names on hundreds of sheets. These sheets were carried on trays during the ceremony. The ceremonies have given many people her ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Talk from Hue Reconciliation Ceremony This week we offer a talk from the first day of the Three Day Reconciliation Ceremony in Hue at Dieu De Temple. The ceremony was the second one on this trip, after the one in Vinh Nghiem Temple, TP Ho Chi Minh. Loved ones of people of all nationalities remembered those who died in wars and in boats during the past century in Vietnam by writing their names on hundreds of sheets. These sheets were carried on trays during the ceremony. The ceremonies have given many people here a chance to be ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tour of the Root Temple This week Sister Dang Nghiem follows Thay on a tour of the Tu Hieu Temple, where he trained as a novice. The tour begins across the road from the temple, at the Bodhi Stupa in a pine forest, and continues down to the old showering well before heading up to the Buddha Hall. The audio has only been partially edited, so please enjoy your breathing during the walking sections. Today is the last day of the three-day reconciliation ceremonies in Hue at Dieu De Tem ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tour of the Root Temple This week Sister Dang Nghiem follows Thay on a tour of the Tu Hieu Temple, where he trained as a novice. The tour begins across the road from the temple, at the Bodhi Stupa in a pine forest, and continues down to the old showering well before heading up to the Buddha Hall. The audio has only been partially edited, so please enjoy your breathing during the walking sections. Today is the last day of the three-day reconciliation ceremonies in Hue at Dieu De Temple. Tomorrow morning the Sangh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Interview with the Abbot of Prajna Temple This week we offer an interview with the Venerable Thay Duc Nghi, the founder and abbot of Prajna Temple in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Thay Duc Nghi offered Prajna Temple as a place where young monks and nuns could practice according to the Plum Village tradition during Thay's last trip to Vietnam. Now Prajna has grown to over 300 monks and nuns in residence in just two years, thanks to the support of Thay Duc Nghi and numerous Dharma Teachers from Plum Villa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Interview with the Abbot of Prajna Temple This week we offer an interview with the Venerable Thay Duc Nghi, the founder and abbot of Prajna Temple in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Thay Duc Nghi offered Prajna Temple as a place where young monks and nuns could practice according to the Plum Village tradition during Thay's last trip to Vietnam. Now Prajna has grown to over 300 monks and nuns in residence in just two years, thanks to the support of Thay Duc Nghi and numerous Dharma Teachers from Plum Village. In the interv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Questions and Answers at Prajna Temple Greetings from Bat Nha (Prajna) Temple near Bao Loc in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Thay and the Sangha arrived here over a week ago and, after a three day trip to Da Lat where Thay lived and taught as a young Dharma Teacher, offered a retreat for lay pracitioners which is finishing today. We will now have a retreat for monastics, followed by the Precepts and Lamp Transmission Ceremonies. This talk is from the lay retreat and is the third talk Thay gave during the retreat. Questions include: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Questions and Answers at Prajna Temple Greetings from Bat Nha (Prajna) Temple near Bao Loc in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Thay and the Sangha arrived here over a week ago and, after a three day trip to Da Lat where Thay lived and taught as a young Dharma Teacher, offered a retreat for lay pracitioners which is finishing today. We will now have a retreat for monastics, followed by the Precepts and Lamp Transmission Ceremonies. This talk is from the lay retreat and is the third talk Thay gave during the retreat. Questions include: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dharma Talk from Vinh Nghiem Now we are two weeks into Thay's second trip back to Vietnam. The delegation has left TP Ho Chi Minh for Prajna Temple in Bao Loc, about five hours northeast of the city. After a three day visit to Da Lat we are back at Prajna for the Lay Practitioners' Retreat. This Dharma talk is Thay's second talk in TP Ho Chi Minh on Feb. 23, at Vinh Nghiem temple, to an audience of a few thousand. Included are questions about maintaining mindfulness in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dharma Talk from Vinh Nghiem Now we are two weeks into Thay's second trip back to Vietnam. The delegation has left TP Ho Chi Minh for Prajna Temple in Bao Loc, about five hours northeast of the city. After a three day visit to Da Lat we are back at Prajna for the Lay Practitioners' Retreat. This Dharma talk is Thay's second talk in TP Ho Chi Minh on Feb. 23, at Vinh Nghiem temple, to an audience of a few thousand. Included are questions about maintaining mindfulness in daily life, about the film based on Old Path Whi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mindfulness and Healing in Vietnam This week we offer the first of Thay's talks in this year's trip to Vietnam. This talk was given at the Phap Van Temple in TP Ho Chi Minh on Feb. 22, 2007 to an audience of lay and monastic practitioners. The translation into English was done by Sister Dang Nghiem.We will do our best to keep talks and other material from this three-month trip available, but please understand if there are lapses. These are due to a lack of internet connection. We leave tomorrow for Prajna Temple in Bao Loc. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mindfulness and Healing in Vietnam This week we offer the first of Thay's talks in this year's trip to Vietnam. This talk was given at the Phap Van Temple in TP Ho Chi Minh on Feb. 22, 2007 to an audience of lay and monastic practitioners. The translation into English was done by Sister Dang Nghiem.We will do our best to keep talks and other material from this three-month trip available, but please understand if there are lapses. These are due to a lack of internet connection. We leave tomorrow for Prajna Temple in Bao Loc. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beginner's Mind This week Thay offers a teaching on how to maintain beginner's mind even when we are years into the practice. Also, how do the precepts support our practice?On Feb 18 we plan to leave for a three month trip in Vietnam, Hong Kong and Thailand. We will do our best to maintain the podcast during this time, but there may be gaps when we do not have regular internet access. Please understand, and stay tuned. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beginner's Mind This week Thay offers a teaching on how to maintain beginner's mind even when we are years into the practice. Also, how do the precepts support our practice?On Feb 18 we plan to leave for a three month trip in Vietnam, Hong Kong and Thailand. We will do our best to maintain the podcast during this time, but there may be gaps when we do not have regular internet access. Please understand, and stay tuned. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Q&A Session - January Welcome to this month's question and answer session on the Deer Park Dharmacast. Sister Dang Nghiem (photo) and Sister Hanh Nghiem answer questions that have been sent in over the past few weeks. How do we practice with jealousy? What distinguishes Thay's tradition from Zen and Vipassana?Brother Phap Luu hosts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Q&A Session - January Welcome to this month's question and answer session on the Deer Park Dharmacast. Sister Dang Nghiem (photo) and Sister Hanh Nghiem answer questions that have been sent in over the past few weeks. How do we practice with jealousy? What distinguishes Thay's tradition from Zen and Vipassana?Brother Phap Luu hosts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Energy and Ecology at Deer Park This week we invite you to listen to an evening of sharing which took place during the second night of the Order of Interbeing Retreat this past week at Deer Park Monastery. Monastics and lay friends share about the current situation of energy consumption in relation to our practice and global warming. Also included is a new chant for the Gatha for Inviting the Bell offered by Sisters Mai Nghiem and Thai Nghiem, which you may download separately here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Energy and Ecology at Deer Park This week we invite you to listen to an evening of sharing which took place during the second night of the Order of Interbeing Retreat this past week at Deer Park Monastery. Monastics and lay friends share about the current situation of energy consumption in relation to our practice and global warming. Also included is a new chant for the Gatha for Inviting the Bell offered by Sisters Mai Nghiem and Thai Nghiem, which you may download separately here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Year Aspiration This week's offering is the talk given by our teacher in Plum Village on New Year's Eve. Thay encourages us to make a deep aspiration for the New Year, and to put it into practice.Please write to us and tell us your aspiration to practice here in the comments on www.dpcast.org, or at our e-mail dpcast@gmail.com.Happy New Year! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Year Aspiration This week's offering is the talk given by our teacher in Plum Village on New Year's Eve. Thay encourages us to make a deep aspiration for the New Year, and to put it into practice.Please write to us and tell us your aspiration to practice here in the comments on www.dpcast.org, or at our e-mail dpcast@gmail.com.Happy New Year! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lamp Transmission - Diana Petech This holiday week we offer you the audio from one of the Dharma Teacher Lamp Transmissions during the recent Beauty and Well-Being Great Ordination Ceremony in Plum Village, France. Four lay dharma teachers from Italy were chosen to receive the lamp this year, including Diana Petech (right), the teacher on this week's dharmacast.Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lamp Transmission - Diana Petech This holiday week we offer you the audio from one of the Dharma Teacher Lamp Transmissions during the recent Beauty and Well-Being Great Ordination Ceremony in Plum Village, France. Four lay dharma teachers from Italy were chosen to receive the lamp this year, including Diana Petech (right), the teacher on this week's dharmacast.Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discourse on Love This week we offer a chant recorded by Sister The Nghiem of Green Mountain Dharma Center: Discourse on Love. This chant is a common one in the Pali tradition of Theravadan Buddhists. The English translation was done by our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with the help of Plum Village monks and nuns. The text and music can be found here in PDF format.This chant and other songs by Plum Village Monks and Nuns are on the Oasis CD.Enjoy your breathing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discourse on Love This week we offer a chant recorded by Sister The Nghiem of Green Mountain Dharma Center: Discourse on Love. This chant is a common one in the Pali tradition of Theravadan Buddhists. The English translation was done by our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with the help of Plum Village monks and nuns. The text and music can be found here in PDF format.This chant and other songs by Plum Village Monks and Nuns are on the Oasis CD.Enjoy your breathing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Dear Friends, This week we offer the recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings that was offered by Thay Phap Lai this past Sunday. Please use this in your own practice of these trainings week to week. Smile. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Dear Friends, This week we offer the recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings that was offered by Thay Phap Lai this past Sunday. Please use this in your own practice of these trainings week to week. Smile. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Crossing Over to the Other Shore Dear Friends,This week we share a dharma talk that our teacher Thay gave in Plum Village on October 29, 2006, shortly before the recent U.S. elections.  It offers a deep view into both the nature of our current world situation and the nature of this path of practice.Thay Phap Tri hosts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Crossing Over to the Other Shore Dear Friends,This week we share a dharma talk that our teacher Thay gave in Plum Village on October 29, 2006, shortly before the recent U.S. elections.  It offers a deep view into both the nature of our current world situation and the nature of this path of practice.Thay Phap Tri hosts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Q&A Session - November Dear Friends,This week we have our monthly question and answer session with two monks recently arrived from Plum Village, Thay Phap Lai and Thay Phap Thanh (right.) Sister Susan also joins us to answer a number of questions sent to us via e-mail in the past few weeks. Brother Stream moderates.Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Q&A Session - November Dear Friends,This week we have our monthly question and answer session with two monks recently arrived from Plum Village, Thay Phap Lai and Thay Phap Thanh (right.) Sister Susan also joins us to answer a number of questions sent to us via e-mail in the past few weeks. Brother Stream moderates.Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | College Retreat 2006 - Orientation Dear Friends,This week we offer the orientation given on the first night of the recent Retreat for College Students at Deer Park. Sister Thuan Nghiem (Harmony, right) and Brother Phap Luu (Stream) cover the basic practices of mindful breathing, sitting and walking, in addition to sharing from their own experiences in college. This talk is a good introduction to the fundamental practices of the Plum Village tradition.Please enjoy this offering, and thank you for your comments and feedback. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | College Retreat 2006 - Orientation Dear Friends,This week we offer the orientation given on the first night of the recent Retreat for College Students at Deer Park. Sister Thuan Nghiem (Harmony, right) and Brother Phap Luu (Stream) cover the basic practices of mindful breathing, sitting and walking, in addition to sharing from their own experiences in college. This talk is a good introduction to the fundamental practices of the Plum Village tradition.Please enjoy this offering, and thank you for your comments and feedback. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Is Meditation Cool? - College Retreat Fall 2006 Dear Friends,This week we publish one of the talks from our recent college retreat. Our abbot Thay Phap Dung speaks about his own path of practice, and what it means to bring meditation into our lives. Brother Phap Huu hosts.May you be well. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Is Meditation Cool? - College Retreat Fall 2006 Dear Friends,This week we publish one of the talks from our recent college retreat. Our abbot Thay Phap Dung speaks about his own path of practice, and what it means to bring meditation into our lives. Brother Phap Huu hosts.May you be well. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Introduction to Walking Meditation Dear Friends,This week's edition of the Dharmacast includes an introduction to the practice of walking meditation offered by Sister Chau Nghiem (Jewel) and a session of evening chanting led by Br. Phap Khoi. Br. Phap De hosts this Halloween broadcast.May you touch peace and solidity with each step. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Introduction to Walking Meditation Dear Friends,This week's edition of the Dharmacast includes an introduction to the practice of walking meditation offered by Sister Chau Nghiem (Jewel) and a session of evening chanting led by Br. Phap Khoi. Br. Phap De hosts this Halloween broadcast.May you touch peace and solidity with each step. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Question and Answer Session - October Dear Friends,This week we are happy to share with you a question and answer session that we participated in this past Thursday afternoon in the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall here at Deer Park. Brother Stream hosts, and Thay Abbot Brother Phap Dung (see photo), Brother Phap Ho, Sisters Chau Nghiem and Viet Nghiem answer questions posed over e-mail to the monks and nuns. We ended spontaneously with the song, The Island Within.If you would like to send in a question for an upcoming Q&A se ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Question and Answer Session - October Dear Friends,This week we are happy to share with you a question and answer session that we participated in this past Thursday afternoon in the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall here at Deer Park. Brother Stream hosts, and Thay Abbot Brother Phap Dung (see photo), Brother Phap Ho, Sisters Chau Nghiem and Viet Nghiem answer questions posed over e-mail to the monks and nuns. We ended spontaneously with the song, The Island Within.If you would like to send in a question for an upcoming Q&A se ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Monastic Interview: Thay Phap Dang This week Brother Stream interviews Thay Phap Dang, a Dharma Teacher and the Abbot of Maple Forest Monastery in Vermont. Thay Phap Dang was invited by the Deer Park Sangha along with Thay Vo Ngai to support us during the recent Vietnamese Retreat. He shares about his life and practice as a monk of 17 years, about his experiences teaching in Vietnam, and also shares a song, "Close to Thay."The broadcast ends with the flute solo, "Song for the Buddha," by the Basque musici ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Monastic Interview: Thay Phap Dang This week Brother Stream interviews Thay Phap Dang, a Dharma Teacher and the Abbot of Maple Forest Monastery in Vermont. Thay Phap Dang was invited by the Deer Park Sangha along with Thay Vo Ngai to support us during the recent Vietnamese Retreat. He shares about his life and practice as a monk of 17 years, about his experiences teaching in Vietnam, and also shares a song, "Close to Thay."The broadcast ends with the flute solo, "Song for the Buddha," by the Basque musici ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Two Sutras on Mindful Breathing This week Brother Phap Luu offers readings of two sutras on mindful breathing translated from Chinese by our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. These sutras were the main texts used during the 21-day retreat this past June entitled "The Breath of the Buddha." Included as well are some recent news items from Deer Park, and a brief introduction to sitting meditation.We look forward to a Question and Answer session to take place in the coming week, so please e-mail us any questions you may ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Two Sutras on Mindful Breathing This week Brother Phap Luu offers readings of two sutras on mindful breathing translated from Chinese by our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. These sutras were the main texts used during the 21-day retreat this past June entitled "The Breath of the Buddha." Included as well are some recent news items from Deer Park, and a brief introduction to sitting meditation.We look forward to a Question and Answer session to take place in the coming week, so please e-mail us any questions you may ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | True Power: A Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh Part II In this talk from Plum Village on 01 Oct 2006, Thay investigates the true nature of power in the light of the Buddha's teaching, and he describes how we may realize this power in our present-day lives. Also: what are the powers of a true teacher? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | True Power: A Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh Part II In this talk from Plum Village on 01 Oct 2006, Thay investigates the true nature of power in the light of the Buddha's teaching, and he describes how we may realize this power in our present-day lives. Also: what are the powers of a true teacher? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | True Power: A Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh Part I A two part release, in this talk from Plum Village on 01 Oct 2006, Thay investigates the true nature of power in the light of the Buddha's teaching, and he describes how we may realize this power in our present-day lives. Also: what are the powers of a true teacher? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | True Power: A Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh Part I A two part release, in this talk from Plum Village on 01 Oct 2006, Thay investigates the true nature of power in the light of the Buddha's teaching, and he describes how we may realize this power in our present-day lives. Also: what are the powers of a true teacher? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tree Meditation Tree Meditation is the title of a song from the album Refuge Tree.  Please enjoy, the whole album can be purchased at the Unified Buddhist Church Gateway.  To find more information about the singer please visit Joe Reilly's webpage.We have a week left before Thay speaks to UNESCO (Oct 7th, 2006), We can use all the help we can get to spread spread the word far and wide.  Lyrics to Tree MeditationNo Car Day petitionUBC GatewayA Lotus for You,Michael Nguyen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tree Meditation Tree Meditation is the title of a song from the album Refuge Tree.  Please enjoy, the whole album can be purchased at the Unified Buddhist Church Gateway.  To find more information about the singer please visit Joe Reilly's webpage.We have a week left before Thay speaks to UNESCO (Oct 7th, 2006), We can use all the help we can get to spread spread the word far and wide.  Lyrics to Tree MeditationNo Car Day petitionUBC GatewayA Lotus for You,Michael Nguyen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soul of Gratitude: Retreat for People of Color Part III Another gift from the hidden mountains of Escondido, CA. This time we can enjoy a talk from Sister Chau Nghiem (Jewel) which she gave on the first full day of the POC Retreat.I was surprised by words of thanks I recieved this past weekend.  It gave me a warm feeling.  In the mist of our busy schedules we might forget to say a few words of gratitude which can make someone's day.  Lets try this one and remember to use it now and again.I know you are there and I am happyPlease e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soul of Gratitude: Retreat for People of Color Part III Another gift from the hidden mountains of Escondido, CA. This time we can enjoy a talk from Sister Chau Nghiem (Jewel) which she gave on the first full day of the POC Retreat.I was surprised by words of thanks I recieved this past weekend.  It gave me a warm feeling.  In the mist of our busy schedules we might forget to say a few words of gratitude which can make someone's day.  Lets try this one and remember to use it now and again.I know you are there and I am happyPlease e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Happiness is Here and Now A little treat for the e-community.  Laura Hunter, a regular at DP loves this song and I thought it would be a nice gift.  If you have attended a retreat hosted by the Plum Village Sangha then you should be familar with this song.  For those who haven't, I am sure you will enjoy this treat!You can order the full album "A Basket of Plums" from the UBC Gateway.A Lotus for You,Michael Nguyen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Happiness is Here and Now A little treat for the e-community.  Laura Hunter, a regular at DP loves this song and I thought it would be a nice gift.  If you have attended a retreat hosted by the Plum Village Sangha then you should be familar with this song.  For those who haven't, I am sure you will enjoy this treat!You can order the full album "A Basket of Plums" from the UBC Gateway.A Lotus for You,Michael Nguyen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soul of Gratitude: Retreat for People of Color Part II Did we keep you waiting?  Here is the 2nd installment of the Soul of Gratitude retreat: the practice of Touching the Earth. Brother Larry Ward gives the introduction, and he is joined in the readings by Brother Phap Khoi (right), Sister Chau Nghiem (Jewel) and Sister Susan. This show is hosted by Brother Phap Ho. Friend of DP,Michael Nguyen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soul of Gratitude: Retreat for People of Color Part II Did we keep you waiting?  Here is the 2nd installment of the Soul of Gratitude retreat: the practice of Touching the Earth. Brother Larry Ward gives the introduction, and he is joined in the readings by Brother Phap Khoi (right), Sister Chau Nghiem (Jewel) and Sister Susan. This show is hosted by Brother Phap Ho. Friend of DP,Michael Nguyen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soul of Gratitude: Retreat for People of Color Part I It has only been a week since our first DPCast but it feels as though Deer Park has been apart of my life forever.  We have had some wonderful feedback from the e-community and we have read every word!  Thank you so much for such encouraging e-mails and comments.Not to keep you, our second DPCast is hosted by Sister Jewel.  This is the talk the Dharma Teacher Larry Ward offered on the third day of the retreat. I haven't listened to it yet, so lets breathe in together, breathe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Soul of Gratitude: Retreat for People of Color Part I It has only been a week since our first DPCast but it feels as though Deer Park has been apart of my life forever.  We have had some wonderful feedback from the e-community and we have read every word!  Thank you so much for such encouraging e-mails and comments.Not to keep you, our second DPCast is hosted by Sister Jewel.  This is the talk the Dharma Teacher Larry Ward offered on the third day of the retreat. I haven't listened to it yet, so lets breathe in together, breathe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Saturday Evening Guided Meditation and Chanting This is our first attempt, please give us feedback so we can improve upon what we offer to you and the e-community. Brother Phap Luu chants the morning chant, and Brother Phap De (right) offers a guided meditation.In our first dpcast you'll find some chanting, sutra reading, etc...  just give it a go.To find out more information about Deer Park Monastery itself please visit the following link.  Deer Park Monastery WebsiteFor a pdf file of the sutra that is read on the dpcast you c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Saturday Evening Guided Meditation and Chanting This is our first attempt, please give us feedback so we can improve upon what we offer to you and the e-community. Brother Phap Luu chants the morning chant, and Brother Phap De (right) offers a guided meditation.In our first dpcast you'll find some chanting, sutra reading, etc...  just give it a go.To find out more information about Deer Park Monastery itself please visit the following link.  Deer Park Monastery WebsiteFor a pdf file of the sutra that is read on the dpcast you c ... 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