Jun 18, 2012
Dear Friends
This wonderful talk is by our beloved Phap De, Younger Brother. Phap De offers many deep insights about the nature of suffering and offers practical methods to transform it. He reminds us that our perceptions are mostly wrong and mostly made up of our past. He shares deeply about the nature of...
May 29, 2012
Dear Friends
As summer begins, we thought we would offer a musical treat from Joe Reilly's new CD--Hello Ocean. This CD is dedicated to the True Ocean Family who ordained as order of Interbeing Members in September of 2011. The CD also includes a wonderful song called 'Monkey Mind' that might help you change your...
Apr 14, 2012
Dear Friends, welcome to the Deer Park Dharmacast. Today we offer a dharma talk from Brother Phap De on Mother Earth, given here at Dear Park with the approach of the Christmas holiday. Brother Phap De is an American born monk, to whom Thich Nhat Hahn gave a monastic name meaning “Young Monk.” Here Thay Phap De...
Mar 27, 2012
Dear Friends
Deer Park is offering a series of theme weekends during the year. The first weekend was a wonderful offering from Dharma Teacher Eileen Kiera. Eileen is a resident Dharma teacher at Mountain Lamp near Bellingham Washington. http://mountainlamp.org/ Eileen Kiera is an ecologist by training and a...
Mar 27, 2012
On the second talk of the weekend, Dharma Teacher Eileen Kiera shares about the practice, presence, body, and great vows of three powerful bodhisattvas-- Avalokiteshvara, Manjusri, and Samanthabhadra. We learn that if we can cultivate the energy and practice of compassionate listening, looking deeply,...