# deer park (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover deer park. Page: Feed: --- ## [466: Riding the Waves of Life: Finding a Soulmate Within](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/466-riding-the-waves-of-life-finding-a-soulmate-within) _2025-08-29 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ In this Dharma talk, Sister Đặng Nghiêm shares heartfelt insights on suffering, healing, and learning to be our own soulmate. Speaking at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, on July 20, 2025, she reflects on childhood memories, the Four Noble Truths, and the art of "riding the waves of life" with mindfulness and compassion. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/Omega_Riding_Waves_of_Life_Sister_D_-_trimmed.m4a?dest-id=14222) ## [465: Sister Chua Xua: Enjoy Your Free Life](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/465-sister-chua-xua-enjoy-your-free-life) _2025-01-07 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Sister Chua Xua was a social worker and left a long-term relationship to become ordained as a nun at Bát Nhã, a Plum Village monastery that closed due to harassment from the Vietnamese government. "I also have a dream. I have a wish that I can support the young Western people to take the monastic life. The life that when you open your eyes, you see the moon and the star over your window. You feel… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/11._Sister_Chua_Xua.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [464: Brother Phap Hoi: Lucky for Me](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/464-brother-phap-hoi-lucky-for-me) _2024-12-17 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Brother Phap Hoi is a Vietnamese refugee and the most senior Brother at Deer Park Monastery. "Because the Sangha embrace all of the people, even you are high level or low level of good background or not. You all have the chance in the Sangha if you go in the right direction of practice." 3:16 Meeting Thay 8:20 Arriving at Plum Village 11:30 Visa Trouble, First Stint at Deer Park 17:12 Bat Nha… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/10._Thay_Phap_Hoi_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [463: Sister Phu Nghiem: We Are a Buddhist Family](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/463-sister-phu-nghiem-we-are-a-buddhist-family) _2024-12-10 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Sister Phu Nghiem is one of three nuns in her immediate blood family and is passionate about bringing mindfulness to children. "So I focus a lot more on my steps. On how I choose the food when I come to a meal. I learn to enjoy the meal and enjoy my siblings. And that has supported me a whole lot now that I'm here at Deer Park. I'm learning how to do that. And I notice my relationship with my… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/9._Sister_Phu_Nghiem_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [462: Brother Phap Luu: American Awakening (Meet the Monastics)](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/462-brother-phap-luu-american-awakening-meet-the-monastics) _2024-12-03 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Brother Phap Luu , the eldest non-Vietnamese American monk in the Plum Village tradition, graduated from Dartmouth College and started meditating after going through a depression. "What is more satisfying in life than helping people to transform their suffering? I mean, who cares about money and all this other stuff? The biggest happiness I get is if I can help myself, first of all, but others to… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/8._Phap_Luu_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [461: Sister Le Nghiem: Put Your Heart into the Practice (Meet the Monastics)](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/461-sister-le-nghiem-put-your-heart-into-the-practice-meet-the-monastics) _2024-11-26 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Sister Le Nghiem came to the practice after the death of her brother, and typically does solo retreat at the monastery for a few weeks a year. " So the practice gives me the greatest happiness. And this practice gives me being with others. Being with friends on retreat. Being with my siblings. Spending time each other. So when I practice it gives me happiness. And when my practice is deep, my… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/7._Le_Nghiem_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [460: Sister Trung Chinh: The Whole Universe Embraces Us](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/460-sister-trung-chin-the-whole-universe-embraces-us) _2024-11-19 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Sister Sr. Trung Chinh left Vietnam as a refugee and has been a nun for over fifty years. "The aspiration of a monk or a nun is that we have to arrive to the most peaceful place, the happiest place in ourselves. And there's only the daily practice. The daily practice only helps us to arrive to that place, that aspiration. It's the daily practice of each person. If each one of us do our best and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/6._Sr._Trung_Chin_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [459: Brother Minh Nhan: See For Yourself](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/459-brother-minh-nhan-see-for-yourself) _2024-11-12 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Brother Minh Nhan , one of the only monastics in the Plum Village tradition of Mexican descent, is a monk of many interests: music, mushrooms, math, and more. "To join a community that maybe looks different, maybe don't see others like myself in it, let's say. Yeah, I mean, that's one way to look at it, but look at it as also, you're the one entering that. And you needn't be the last one either."… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/5._Minh_Nhan_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [458: Sister Boi Nghiem: The Hard Work Has Been Done](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/458-sister-boi-nghiem-the-hard-work-has-been-done) _2024-11-05 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ Sister Boi Nghiem studied nursing before being ordained, and works regularly as a nun with the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and teen communities. "I think I have a very healthy relationship with myself. Very healthy mental dialogue with myself. There were times I comforted myself. There were times I'm very firm with myself, tell myself to stop thinking that way. And they help. This is why I kept on sharing… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/4._Boi_Nghiem_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222) ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HN1GGCZcInok) _2024-11-05 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [457: Brother Phap Dung: Now You Get to Choose](https://podcast.deerparkmonastery.org/457-brother-phap-dung-now-you-get-to-choose) _2024-10-29 · Deer Park Dharmacast_ It's Meet the Monastics ! Brother Phap Dung is a Vietnamese refugee who worked as an architect in Los Angeles before finding the practice, healing his relationship with his father, and changing the course of his life. "Now you get to choose, and it's deliberate. That is a monk. I choose to be in this intimate way with the community, with this path. I choose not to be in a romantic relationship. I… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deerpark/3._Phap_Dung_with_Chapters.mp3?dest-id=14222)