Meet the Deer Park Community
We invite you to get to know a little about our Dharma teachers, monastics, employees, and volunteers.
Employees & Volunteers
View AllOur Beloved Teacher
Deer Park Monastery was established by the Vietnamese Zen Master, Buddhist monk, author, and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. Affectionately known as Thay (pronounced “Tay” or “Tie”), which is Vietnamese for “teacher”, by his students, he entered Tu Hieu Temple as a novice monk at the age of sixteen in 1942.
Over the years, Thay came to be a global spiritual leader and peace activist. Known as the “Father of Mindfulness” he founded the Plum Village tradition which includes 12 mindfulness practice and monastic training centers around the world.
Explore Online Courses
From time to time we offer multi-week courses related to mindfulness, the teachings and life of Thich Nhat Hanh, and a variety of similar subjects. Please see our schedule of upcoming courses.
Plum Village App
Take the Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village community with you wherever you go. The Plum Village app is designed to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness, and other practices — all through a mobile device.
