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Invoking the Bodhisattvas’ Names
We invoke your name, Avalokiteshvara. We aspire to learn your way of listening in order to help relieve the suffering in the world. You know how to listen in order […]
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Message
A Poem by Thich Nhat Hanh Life has left her footprints on my forehead.But I have become a child again this morning.The smile, seen through leaves and flowers,is back to […]
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Belonging to Sanghas
By Sara Henry—True Manifestation of Offering I’m writing this letter from a snowy, cold, and cloudy day in New Hampshire. I’m about to make lunch, drive to vote in the […]
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Let Me Count the Ways
By Deborah Westcott How do I love Deer Park Monastery? Let me count the ways! Deer Park is my spiritual refuge. I love the monastics and the friends I see […]
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What does non-self mean?
Hello Deer Park Community and Sangha, I hope you all are doing well during this uneasy period. I am writing in reference to perhaps an unusual issue I have had in recent […]
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View from the Teahouse
By Brother Minh An Sometimes I look at the sky like it’s a table, solid and limited and knowable. But on this lazy afternoon I closed my eyes and saw […]
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Saving Deer Park Ridge
By Ron Forster – True Ocean of Courage We vow to develop understanding, in order to live peacefully with people, animals, plants, and minerals. Feelings of tranquility arise as I […]
