From our series of questions and responses on March 26, 2023 in the Ocean of Peace Meditation, we heard this question. When moments of personal suffering take over and have a combustable quality, what advice do you have for a person experiencing this? Or someone who is helping that person?&nbsp; Our response is offered by Sister Phu Nghiem.&nbsp;

Moments of Suffering

Sister Áo Nghiêm offered this beautiful and personal Dharma talk for our Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, July 16, 2023.&nbsp;

453: Understanding Our Impulses

A Dharma talk with Br. Man Tue from the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall at Deer Park Monastery during our Day of Mindfulness, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Our theme is how to stop, rest, and heal.&nbsp;

454: How to Stop, Rest, and Heal

Weekly Episodes Starting October 15 &nbsp; From Deer Park Monastery, it's&nbsp;Meet the Monastics, a new podcast featuring interviews with fully ordained monks and nuns, hosted by Brother Minh An and produced by Kenley Neufeld. As monastics, the most common question asked of us is, you guessed it, why did you become a monastic? This podcast is for anyone who's ever wanted to ask that question. Each week, we'll bring you conversations with fully ordained monks and nuns about their journey to monastic life and what inspires them now. We hope they inspire you to live a happier, kinder, and more meaningful life. And who knows, maybe some of you will even consider monastic life yourself. Listen wherever you get your podcasts (search for Meet the Monastics) or on the Deer Park Monastery YouTube channel. &nbsp; Get a preview here:

455: Introducing a New Podcast: Meet the Monastics

A Jam session with Deer Park monastics and lay people right before the Family Retreat. Jun 2011

Being an island unto myself
As an island unto myself
Buddha is my mindfulness
Shining near, shining far.
Dharma is my breathing
Guarding body and mind.
I am free

Being an Island unto myself
As an island unto myself.
Sangha is my five skandhas
Working in harmony
Taking refuge in myself
coming back to myself.
I am free, I am free, I am free.

Be an Island

A Jam session with Deer Park monastics and lay people right before the Family Retreat. Jun 2011

Courage, sister, you do not walk alone
We will walk with you and send your spirit home

(sister, brother, mother, father, children, sangha,......etc)

Courage Sister

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011. Enjoy!

I am remembering who I am...

I am Remembering

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011

I like the roses, I like the daffodils
I like the mountains, I like the rollings hills
I like the twinkling stars when the sun goes down
Doo bee dee doo bee dee.....

I like the Roses (the Deer Park remix)

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011

May I be filled with loving kindness
May I be well
May I be peaceful and at ease
May I be happy

May I be filled with Loving Kindness

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011

Mother earth is a great big ship that we are sailing on (sailing on)
Sailing on through space and time (space and time)
Touch the earth, feel your worth
Awaken to this new rebirth
Know your heart and open up the divine (up the divine)

Mother Earth - Written by Avril Yospa Harwood

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011

My joy's life spring, so warm.
It makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain's like a river of tears
So vast it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,
So I can hear all my cries and laughter at once
so I can see that my joy and pain are one

Please call me by my true names
so that I can wake up.
and the door of my heart could be left open.

Please call me by my true names

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011

The river is flowing, flowing and growing
The river is flowing back to the sea
Mother Earth carry me, your child I will always be
Mother Earth carry me, back to the sea.

The River is Flowing - Written by Sun Bear (Native American elder and teacher)

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011

As you learn so shall you teach.
As you teach so shall you learn.

True Teaching True Learning

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011. A lotus for you!

We are all the leaves of one tree (2x)
The time has come for all to live as one,
We are all the leaves of one tree.

We are all the waves of one sea (2x)
The time has come for all to live as one,
We are all the waves of one sea
We are all the leaves of one tree

We are all the stars of one sky (2x)
The time has come for all to live as one,
We are all the stars of one sky
We are all the waves of one sea
We are all the leaves of on tree

The time has come for all to live as one,
We are all the stars of one sky.

We are all the Leaves of One Tree

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011. A lotus for you!

We're all moving on a journey to nowhere
Taking it easy, taking it slow
No more worries, no need to hurry
Nothing to carry, let it all go.

We're All Moving

A song done by Jacqueline Kim and her dear friend about a Tibetan teaching. Enjoy!

String of Precious Jewels

A song written during the 2012 Holiday Retreat in Deer Park Monastery.
Music by Nhu-Mai Nguyen (www.soundcloud.com/sorbetskies)
Lyrics by Nhu-Mai and children from the Children's Program

The Sun! The Sun, it shines!
On my face and on my eyes
The su-u-u-un shines in my heart (2x)

The River! The River, it flows!
From the mountains to my toes
The ri-i-i-ver flows in my heart (2x)

Chorus:
From the mountains, the flowers,
The children, and the deer
We all love each other
There's a space for everyone in my heart

The Trees! The Trees, they sway!
And give oxygen everyday
The Tree-ee-ees they sway in my heart (2x)

The Birds! The Birds, they fly!
As a school of fish swim by
The Animals are all in my heart (2x)

From the Mountains, the flowers,
The children, and the deer
We all love each other
There's a space for everyone in my heart
There's a space for everyone in my heart
There's a home for everyone in my heart

All In My Heart (The Children's Song!)- Written by Nhu-Mai Nguyen



Music and lyrics written by Brian Kimmel

One day I went walking down the mountain
A lonesome brother reached for my hand and said,
"Hear! Can you hear? The voice of the mountain, the voice of the mountain"

One day I went walking down the mountain
A lonesome child reached for my hand and said,
"Hear! Can you hear? The voice of the mountain, the voice of the mountain."

Birds are singing and the sky is smiling
Coyotes are laughing and the earth is sighing
Can you hear? Can you hear? The voice of the mountain, the voice of the mountain?

Voice of The Mountain - Written by Brian Otto Kimmel

Here is the Pure Land
The Pure Land is here
I smile in mindfulness
And dwell in the present moment

The Buddha is seen in an Autumn leaf
The Dharma is a floating cloud
The Sangha body is everywhere
My true home is right here

Breathing in, flowers are blooming
Breathing out, I am aware that
Bamboo is swaying, my mind is free
And I enjoy every moment

Here is the Pure Land

Awaken Spirit of the Earth
I feel you growing me 
I am home, I am home

Awaken Spirit of the Rain
I feel you flowing me
I am home, I am home

Awaken Spirit of the Wind
I feel you blowing me
I am home, I am home

Awaken Spirit of the Sun
I feel you burn in me
I am home, I am home
We are home, we are home

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