Sanghas + Events in the Plum Village Tradition in Northern California
Saturday, May 9 @ 1:00 pm – 9:30 pm
You are warmly invited to Rhythm of the Earth, the Third Annual Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park Monastery—a joyful day where music, mindfulness, and nature come together in harmony. Founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, Deer Park will host this special gathering on May 9 from 1:00–9:30 PM across its beautiful 400-acre landscape in Escondido.
For more information, see the link below.
Sunday, July 12 @ 2:00 pm – Saturday, July 18 @ 2:00 pm
Deer Park’s very popular annual retreat for families to join monastics and other practitioners in the Plum Village tradition.
For more information, see the link to the Deer Park website below.
Friday, May 15 @ 2:00 pm – Sunday, May 17 @ 2:00 pm
A Mindfulness Weekend for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) at Deer Park Monastery, May 15-17.
See the Deer Park website for more details (link below).
November 17, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Deer Park has announced that there will be a Fourteen Mindfulness Training Transmission Ceremony in English with Vietnamese and Spanish translations at Deer Park Monastery on Sunday, November 17, 2024.
If you have been an Order of Interbeing aspirant for a few years and your mentors determine you are ripe and solid enough, you may consider receiving the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings this fall.
More information is at this link.
Family Retreat is a retreat for families of all descriptions. In this retreat we will have programs for adults, children, tweens, and teens, ensuring that every member of your family will have an opportunity to deepen their experience of the practice.
Parents and adults are given the opportunity to explore the practice through activities such as Dharma Sharing, Total Relaxation, and Dharma Talks while the younger ones will get to experience age-appropriate mindfulness activities and sharings of their own.
Registration opens in the Spring.
For more info:
An in-person 7-day retreat, April 7-13, for young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 years old, hosted by Deer Park Monastery with the support of monastics and practitioners in the Plum Village Tradition.
For more information, see the Deer Park website:
Deer Park Monastery is 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 BIPOC.
For more information, see the Deer Park website:
Rhythm of the Earth is a Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park Monastery and fundraiser for producing a documentary honoring Sister Chan Khong, the first fully-ordained monastic disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
For more information, see the Deer Park website: