Dear Friends,

We've been having a very full two months here at Deer Park, with the Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony and the opening of the Rains Retreat. Enjoy the articles below by Brother Minh An, Kenley Neufeld, and others. We're happy to host a few upcoming talks live online: Love In Action by Sister Truc Nghiem, and the continuing 40 Tenets Class with Brother Phap Luu.

Note that we are open for guests on Sundays; please register here to join us.

With peace and love,

The Monastics of Deer Park Monastery

Love in Action: Live Dharma Talk (Online) — deerparkmonastery.org

Join us this Sunday morning for a dharma talk with Su Co Truc Nghiem. The topic of the talk is Thay's book Love in Action.

What is the Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony? — deerparkmonastery.org

Deer Park Monastery hosted the worldwide Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony (Đại Giới Đàn in Vietnamese) in the Plum Village Tradition from October 1-4, 2021. Learn more about this special event.

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Go to the Other Shore: A Photo Journey — deerparkmonastery.org

Enjoy a photo journey from the recent Đại Giới Đàn, or Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony that took place October 1-4, 2021 at Deer Park Monastery.

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Barefoot Dharma — deerparkmonastery.org

Brother Minh An (Brother Peace) shares of his experiences with Brother Pháp Lý as they enjoy the Great Hidden Valley together.

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Appreciating Beauty on a Lazy Morning — deerparkmonastery.org

A lay friend shares of her experiences in the early morning at Deer park.

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The Buddha Has Many Bodies: Class #22 (Part 2) of the Forty Tenets (Online) — deerparkmonastery.org

In Wednesday evening, Thay Phap Luu will continue our teaching on the 22nd tenet–The Buddha has many bodies: the body of a living being, the Dharmabody, the body outside of the body, the Sanghabody, the continuation body, the Dharma-realm body, and the true nature of the Dharma-realm body. Since human beings can become Buddha they also have all these bodies.