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Conversations with monks and nuns about their journey to monastic life and what inspires them today, hosted by Brother Minh An, a Buddhist monk in the Plum Village tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Signup to Generate a PitchConversations with monks and nuns about their journey to monastic life and what inspires them today, hosted by Brother Minh An, a Buddhist monk in the Plum Village tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Meet the Monastics is hosted by Deer Park Monastery. The show has published 12 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Sister Chua Xua: Enjoy Your Free Life" (10 January 2025, 49 minutes), "Brother Phap Hoi: Lucky for Me" (17 December 2024, 42 minutes), and "Sister Phu Nghiem: We Are a Buddhist Family" (10 December 2024, 40 minutes).
Meet the Monastics publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 12 episodes.
Booking probability for Meet the Monastics is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Meet the Monastics requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Meet the Monastics's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Meet the Monastics are Religion & Faith. Meet the Monastics has a religion audience.
Deer Park Monastery hosts Meet the Monastics, a religion podcast with 12 episodes published.
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Episode #11
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...
Episode #10
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...
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...
Episode #8
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...
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...
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...
Episode #5
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...
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...
Episode #3
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...
Episode #2
Sister Kinh Nghiem, one of the funniest and most stylish nuns in the world, was ordained when she was only 14. "Get rid of all of your ideas of what monastic practice is. You know, you come here, I mean, the practice is...
Episode #1
Brother Minh Luong was raised in Laguna Beach, California, and went to NYU, where he read a book that changed his life. "I realized recently that there really is no separation between the practice and everything we do...
Meet the Monastics
From Deer Park Monastery, it's Meet the Monastics. As monastics, the most common question asked of us is, you guessed it, why did you become a monastic? I'm Brother Minh-An, a Buddhist monk in the Plum Village tradition...
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