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Deer Park Monastery, a Practice Center in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Primary Format : Buddhism Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Deer Park DharmaCast Podcasts Methings.com listings of Deer Park DharmaCast Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Deer Park DharmaCast 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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, âIf 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 | 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.  âThe question is not what may I do to be saved, but rather, what must we do to be saved.  And by âweâ I mean the whole planetâ.  It is a wonderful talk and we hope you enjoy it.  To Larryâs many gifts already offered to the world a new one is addedâ Loveâs Garden by Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward explores the spiritual dimension of relationship. Lar ... 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 Thayâs 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 | 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 âElements of Practiceâ.   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 | 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 | 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 understandingâthe 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, âAm I sure?â, 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 âspring breakâ 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.      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. Thank you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |