Feb 28, 2014
Dear Friends,
When did you last listen to the children in your life? Today we have a chance to listen to the children at Deer Park's New Years Retreat ask questions to the monastics. Their questions about meditation practice, family life and school show us how perceptive and sensitive they are to the messages in the...
Sep 20, 2013
Aug 30, 2013
Dear Friends,
Today's sharing is from a Question and Response session earlier this summer at Deer Park Monastery. Sister Hang Nghiem responds to a short, yet profound, question, "What is important?" She shows us that with mindfulness, we can see that this present moment is important, especially if a difficult emotion...
Aug 16, 2013
Dear Friends,
Today we return to sharing question and response sessions from recent retreats at Deer Park Monastery. Today we combine related questions from two different sessions to help us understand, "How do we forgive others and how do we forgive ourselves?" Sister Hang Nghiem shares her experience of forgiveness...
Aug 2, 2013
Dear Friends,
Today, we continue to offer excerpts of recent Question and Response sessions from this year's retreats to help us bring the practice into our daily lives. This week, we present questions and responses on practicing mindfulness at home with our families. How do we best guide our children? And how can we...