WE ARE HERE FOR YOU
Mountain Spring Monastery was established by
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
to share the practice of mindful living.

A Reflection by Brother Phap Hai - Nov 29, 2022
As I sit here this morning, our monastery is filled with joyful and mindful energy with our residential community growing to three monks and seven nuns. What a beautiful blossoming! It is hard to believe that just one year ago, the Mountain Spring residential sangha was very small, with one monk and three nuns. Slowly and surely, thanks to all of your ongoing love and support, Mountain Spring is blooming into a beautiful place of refuge. Thank you so much for all of your wholehearted and loving support of Mountain Spring which has enabled us to come this far. I am very excited about all of the upcoming offerings and developments this year.

On this land
By Thủy Cù on February 29, 2024
On this land we scattered Thầy’s ashes
Thousands of our mindful steps imprinted on the soils
Each mindful breath we took was our dedication to peace
To embrace anyone who came to seek refuge
On this land a mother hid her pain
When her beloved son had such a short time on Earth
He is forever here
Can you see the cherry blossom always blooming ahead of many?
It is his presence in another form welcoming us
We are never born and we never die
Do not be sad.
You can find me again if you are truly here
On this land, we can see a family showing their joy Knowing their father had transformed in peace His wonderful voice is still here The birds singing for him The wind playing music with the trees A concerto in his memory On this land we witness the return Of an old couple and their wish for a meditation practice centre a long time ago They were no longer in their physical forms and we said goodbye… When we met their continuations Tears, joy, and happiness all came at the same time We all knew they were here with us Listening to the Dharma talk, drinking tea, reading a poem, and singing a Kookaburra song Just like in the old days Part of this land was given to us with pure grace Nothing being asked Nothing in return Just simply pure love From a wonderful family This land is where we return To let go of our busyness To return to ourselves Simply living in the moment Spring, summer, autumn, and winter came by Witnessing the joy of simple life On this land someone cut the grass by hand Patiently planting many seeds His sweat and pain, his vision is slowly moving forward He faced the toughest days and the happiest days here Knowing nothing to it Just believing and never tiring of planting the good seeds For generations to come On this land you and I sit by the waterfall, meditating and each breath we took we felt the forest Permeating deeply within each cell of our bodies Our ancestors’ grove is witnessing a Sangha was formed The bell sounding morning, noon and night Calling, calling “Beloved ones, are you home yet?”