Colorado Retreat Registration Now Open
Dear beloved community,
As the Manzanita blooms and the pollinators delight in a joyful frenzy, Spring has arrived here on the Hidden Mountain.
Recently we welcomed 355 people from 30 different countries into our virtual monastery for our first International Online Retreat, At Home in the World.
Several of our Dharma Teachers are looking forward to traveling to New Hampshire next week with the intention of supporting friends with mindfulness practices that not only fortify their resolve to address the planetary crisis but also nurture their personal well-being and happiness.
We welcome you to join us for the Climate Action Mindfulness Retreat: Restoring True Health for Ourselves and Our Planet, April 18-21, 2024 in Greenfield, NH. Registration is open to the public. The following weekend, join us at Dartmouth College for a week of presentations, discussions, and meditation practice with senior monastic Dharma teachers.
You and your family are warmly invited to join us for the Earth, Our True Nature Retreat, August 18-23, 2024 at the YMCA of the Rockies, Colorado. During this retreat, mindfulness communities and friends from across North America gather to honor the Earth, practice the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in the Plum Village tradition of Engaged Buddhism, and build a beloved community.
We are hosting a BIPOC Mindfulness Retreat as an expression of our continuing commitment to creating a nourishing, healing, and empowering space for members of our spiritual family who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). We welcome BIPOC practitioners to join us May 8-12, 2024. Register here.
If you have attended one of our retreats and would like to volunteer at an upcoming retreat, we welcome you to apply to volunteer at Deer Park.
We are also happy to share with you the Plum Village Newsletter in English and Vietnamese.
Peace in the present moment,
The Monastics of Deer Park Monastery
Registration Open for Colorado Retreat
Hosted by over 50 monastics traveling by bus from Deer Park Monastery, California, the Earth, Our True Nature Retreat will give us a chance to restore our connection to nature and bring about transformational healing in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world. August 18-23, 2024. Registration is open now.
Climate Action Mindfulness Retreat
The Climate Action Mindfulness Retreat will focus on guiding participants in navigating difficult emotions that often accompany the profound work of climate activism. Through the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and practices of the Plum Village tradition, our intention is to support attendees’ mindfulness practices that not only fortify their resolve to address the planetary crisis but also nurture their personal well-being and happiness. We hope to see you there.
Embodying Mindfulness: A Week of Monastic Wisdom at Dartmouth
Join us at Dartmouth College for a presentations, discussions, and meditation practices with senior monastic Dharma teachers from Deer Park Monastery and Magnolia Grove Monastery.
Online Retreat Photo Gallery
In March 2024, Deer Park Monastery welcomed 355 individuals from 30 different countries into our virtual monastery for our first International Online Retreat, At Home in the World. The retreat was offered mostly in English with translations in Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Flowers to our Tech team and to all who joined us from around the world! View the behind-the-scenes photos here.
Retreat Volunteers Welcome
Have you received benefits from attending a retreat at Deer Park Monastery and now you want to give back? Are you actively practicing the Five Mindfulness Trainings and want to deepen your practice at Deer Park? If so, we invite you to apply to volunteer at one of our upcoming retreats.
BIPOC Retreat
Deer Park Monastery invites Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to a 5-day mindfulness retreat for nourishment and healing, rest and restoration, and the cultivation of clarity and joy. We are committed to creating a nourishing, healing, and empowering space for members of our spiritual family who self-identify as BIPOC. Registration is open.
Plum Village Newsletter
The annual edition of Lá thư Làng Mai / Plum Village Newsletter is now available for free download in English and Vietnamese. Please enjoy this offering from the International Plum Village Community that includes pictures, articles, and an excerpt from a “lost” interview with Thay.
Deepen Your Practice: Awareness of Objects of Mind
“Through careful discriminative investigation, we will be able to see the interdependent nature of all dharmas and realize their essential birthlessness and deathlessness, and so transcend the fear of birth and death.” Read the full article here.
Looking Ahead
April 16: “Mindful Actions for Climate Change” Symposium (Free Online Webinar hosted by Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
May 25 – Second Annual Rhythm of the Earth Mindful Music Festival
June 26–30 – Family Retreat
July 10–14 – Teen Camp
July 28 – August 3 – Mindful Backpacking Retreat