San Diego Union-Tribune

Monastery’s serene pond a tribute to koi show, lay volunteers

EscondidoEscondido — Two years ago, the koi pond at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido was so polluted and overgrown, lay volunteer Ron Forster said the only things you could see in the murky brown ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Meet Thich Nhat Hanh, the man behind Escondido’s famed Deer Park Monastery

The life of Thich Nhat Hanh has come full circle. Two years ago, the government of Vietnam quietly allowed the revered Zen master to return to his homeland and live out his remaining days at Tu Hieu ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Zen and the art of hiking at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido

More than a hundred of us slowly ascend the steep asphalt road that leads to the top of a mountain overlooking Deer Park Monastery, a 400-acre Buddhist monastic community in Escondido. We walk in ...
AOL

'A cloud never dies:' A California monastery mourns mindfulness advocate Thich Nhat Hanh

A monk crosses the road as campers head into the park at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido. The park is open during the week so people can pay homage to beloved Buddhist monk and teacher That Nhat Hanh ...
Los Angeles Times

‘A cloud never dies:’ A California monastery mourns mindfulness advocate Thich Nhat Hanh

The low peaceful notes of a bell floated over the Deer Park Monastery in the mountains of Escondido, where hundreds of people gathered over the past few days to honor the beloved Zen teacher and poet ...