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Plum Village Practice Centers

  • Blue Cliff Monastery

    3 Mindfulness Road
    Pine Bush, NY 12566
    United States 

  • Deer Park Monastery

    2499 Melru Lane
    Escondido, CA 92026
    United States

  • Magnolia Grove Monastery

    123 Towles Rd 
    Batesville, MS 38606 
    United States

  • Stream of Compassion Mindfulness Practice Centre

    670 Concession 20 W, Tiny, ON L9M 0H6, Canada

  • Plum Village

    437 Chemin du Pey
    
24240 Thénac
    France

  • European Institute of Applied Buddhism

    Schaumburgweg 3 Germany
    D-51545 Waldbröl
    Germany

  • Healing Spring Monastery

    2 Rue Pascal Jardin
    77510 Verdelot
    France

  • Maison de l’Inspir

    8 Rue des Fans
    77510 Villeneuve-sur-Bellot
    France

  • Thai Plum Village

    Pong Ta Long
    Pak Chong District
    Nakhon Ratchasima 30130
    Thailand

  • Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism

    Lotus Pond Temp, Ngong Ping
    Lantau Island
    New Territories
    Hong Kong SAR China

  • Stream Entering Monastery

    530 Porcupine Ridge Road 
    Porcupine Ridge VIC VIC 3461
    Australia

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    2657 Bells Line of Road
    Bilpin NSW 2758
    Australia

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Each year we offer a variety of events and retreats during which we welcome visitors to come together in the great hidden mountain of Deer Park.

Visit Deer Park

We welcome visitors for Days of Mindfulness and Special Retreats, as well as one or two week General Practice Retreats. All events and retreats require advance registration.

Day of mindfulness
A Day of Mindfulness

Enjoy a day of mindfulness and peace at Deer Park. On most Sundays we host an in-person day for adults and families, including kids, from 9AM - 2PM. Space is limited and these events do fill up. Advance registration is required.


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Special Retreats

We host a variety of Special Retreats at Deer Park and beyond, including the Family Retreat, Wake Up Retreat (ages 18-35), The Buddha the Scientist Retreat & Symposium, BIPOC Retreat, Holiday Retreat, and more. See our Events Calendar for upcoming Special Retreats.

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General Practice Retreats

Enjoy the daily schedule of the monastery and the basic practices such as sitting meditation, walking meditation, and mindful eating. During the retreat period, you spend each day following the schedule of the resident monastics and lay community.

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90 day retreat
90-Day Rains Retreat

Taking place from late October to late January, this sacred period — deeply rooted in an ancient practice tradition which dates back to the time of the Buddha — offers an opportunity to dwell peacefully at Deer Park Monastery while nurturing your mind and spirit.

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Teen camp
Teen Camp

At this annual summer event, teens practice as a family with our monastic and lay residents, learning to be truly alive and empowering the people around them to do the same. They learn skills to help them embrace and transform strong feelings of fear, anger, and despair, and to be happy, healthy, and free.

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Volunteer

Before, during, and after some Special Retreats, we need additional help, so we invite mindfulness practitioners who have already attended a 7-day retreat (or longer) at Deer Park to apply for the volunteer program on an as-needed basis.

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Upcoming Events

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    Aug23
    Saturday / 8:45 am - 1:30 pmHappy Farm Community Work Day: August 23
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    Aug24
    Sunday / 9:00 am - 2:00 pmDay of Mindfulness: August 24

    We welcome you to join us for this day of practice.

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    Sunday / 1:00 pm - 4:00 pmMindful Walking & Book Signing in Escondido: August 24

    Mindful Walking and Hiking Zen Book Signing with Brother Phap Luu at Barnes & Noble in Escondido, CA

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    August 29 / 4:00 pm - September 1 1:30 pmAlaska Mindfulness Retreat

    Join Deer Park Monastics in Alaska for the "Peace is Every Step" Mindfulness Retreat, in partnership with Floating Leaf Sangha.

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    August 31 / 9:00 am - 2:00 pmDay of Mindfulness: August 31

    We welcome you to join us for this day of practice.

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    Sep07
    September 7 / 9:00 am - 2:00 pmDay of Mindfulness: September 7

    We welcome you to join us for this day of practice.

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.

Upcoming Courses
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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.

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