Deer Park Buddhist Center

Vision

Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery is devoted to ensuring that Tibetan Buddhist teachings and the monastic way of life, as well as Tibetan culture, remain available as a vibrant part of our common human legacy.

Mission

Deer Park’s mission is to provide a stable foundation in America’s heartland to continue Tibetan Buddhism’s unique contribution to human culture and wisdom, by way of:

• Supporting people’s moral and spiritual growth, as a means to bring about temporary and lasting peace for them individually and throughout the world.

• Educating, training, and inspiring local and international monastic and lay students in the philosophy and practice of Tibetan Buddhism.

• Serving as a monastery where Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike can observe and experience Buddhism as a complete living tradition in a tranquil rural setting that is particularly conducive to the contemplative monastic lifestyle.