Love Your Mother Earth: A Dharma Talk by Phap De

04/14/12 • 41 min

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 speaks about his Christian upbringing and beliefs, and describes how Thich Nhat Hahn taught him to bring his heavenward attentions down to a loving and peaceful Mother Earth.

Please find a solid, upright, and relaxed position to enjoy today’s dharma talk.

Please find a solid, upright, and relaxed position to enjoy today’s dharma talk.

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Alive as a Bodhisattva: Orientation with Eileen Kiera

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 vegetable gardener by passion, but the practice and support of the Dharma has been her primary focus for the past 24 years. She's a student of Thich Nhat Hanh and Robert Aitken, Roshi. Thich Nhat Hahn acknowledged her as a dharma teacher in 1990, and since then she's led retreats in many places in the U.S., Europe and Australia. This wonderful weekend Alive as a Bodhisattva Eileen shared about the practice and the path of a Bodhisattva. This talk was the opening orientation. If you would like more information on the theme weekends at Deer Park, please visit http://deerparkmonastery.org/events/theme-weekends

Please find an relaxed, upright, and stable position and enjoy this beautiful offering.

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Hello Ocean, a Musical Treat from Joe Reilly

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 relationship with your own monkey mind too. If you would like more info on how to purchase a copy of the CD, you can email Joe at [email protected].

Smiling to the Sun and the Ocean, within us and outside of us