Facilities

Accommodation

Deer Park Institute maintains basic accommodation facilities that are available for all registered students/participants of our programs.

For maintenance and operational purposes students are requested to make a contribution-donation for accommodation.

Accommodation in Deer Park is reserved for students (who enrol for any program) and maximum duration of stay in one stretch cannot exceed 30 days, unless the course demands so. Entry and stay of students and others are subject to Institute policy and discretion of the Institute Management. (w.e.f 15th April, 2017)

No. of Rooms	Room Details	Facilities	Toilet / Shower
2	Single/Double Room with Lounge and Attached Bathroom	Lounge chairs, tables, study desk, table lamp, rug, and cupboard	Simple and clean attached toilet with solar hot water and electrical backup for bad weather conditions
16	Single/Double Room with Attached Bathroom	Study desk & chair, table lamp, rug, cupboard
8	Double Room with common bathroom	Bedside table with a bedside lamp, rug, cupboard, small stools	10 common toilets, 7 common shower rooms with solar hot water and one geyser for backup in bad weather conditions
3	Double Room with common bathroom & shared balcony	Bedside table with a bedside lamp, rug, cupboard, small stools, and balcony shared between these 3 rooms
4	Dormitory (3 ~7 people per room)	Beds, blankets, and small cupboards with lock

All the above rooms are provided with clean bed sheets, blankets, and pillows. All the rooms have views overlooking the Himalayan mountains, surrounding countryside and/or the beautiful temple on the campus.

Laundry service is available for a modest charge for guests who are staying on the campus.

Concession for the room donation is available for ordained sangha members, social workers, students or people who wish to stay for more than one month. Please contact our office for your application.

For bookings please email to info@deerpark.in

Dining Facility

MEALS IN DEER PARK

Healthy and hygienic international meals are prepared in the Deer Park kitchen for people who are attending courses at the Institute or staying on campus. All meals are vegetarian but not vegan.

In order to avoid wastage of food, we only prepare enough food for guests who have booked their meals in advance. Meal bookings for individuals have to be made at least three hours in advance at our dining area. Group orders (more than six people) should give one day notice. For meals on your day of arrival, please inform us when you make your booking. Breakfast is served at 7:30am, lunch at 12 noon and dinner at 6pm.

Free filtered water is available throughout the day on our campus. We encourage all guests to bring their own water bottle in order to reduce waste generated through plastic mineral water bottles.

Unfortunately we do not have facilities for guests to cook for themselves during their stay. We also cannot accommodate individual food preferences and/or requirements.

Teaching Halls

Manjushri Hall

Manjushri Hall is our main teaching hall. It can accommodate up to 120 people. The bodhisattva Manjushri is the embodiment of transcendent wisdom. The statue in this hall shows an unusual form of White Manjushri, which arose as a vision to Jamyang Kh

yentse Wangpo and is known in Tibetan as Jamyang Zer Barwa (Blazing Light Manjushri). Instead of the more familiar sword-wielding posture, Manjushri is depicted in the ‘teaching mudra’, holding two lotus flowers which support the sword (symbolizing the wisdom which cuts through ignorance) and the prajnaparamita text (symbolizing learning)

Tara Hall

Tara Hall is used for our community meetings, yoga classes, and various secular workshops. The hall is named after the female Buddha Tara who embodies compassionate action, removes obstacles and liberates from fear. Tara Hall was the first hall completed at Dzongsar Institute in the 1980s, and it served as the main assembly hall and classroom until the Buddha Hall, and later Manjushri Hall, was built. The original statue of Tara was moved to Dzongsar’s new campus at Chauntra in 2004.

Buddha Hall

Buddha Hall is used for daily meditation and the teachings of a small group of students. Many students also use this hall for their daily practice.

Library

With the contribution and support of many friends, organisations and the Indian government, we now have a collection of more than 5000 English, Hindi and Tibetan books on Buddhism, Indian Philosophy, Classical Tibetan and Sanskrit Studies, Ecology, Art and Literature. We welcome students or outside visitors to use the library and to borrow books with a deposit of Rs.500 per book.