What Jimmy Nguyen has said about Deer Park Monastery
3 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 10, 2025
Jimmy Nguyen, Vietnamese-American former banker and registered nurse turned college counselor who spent about a year at a Buddhist monastery (first half of the conversation), has been quoted on Deer Park Monastery 3 times in 1 episode of Ctrl-Alt-Reset, most recently on April 10, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Nguyen said a nun told him that many monastics had not suffered enough to have the wisdom to help others.
“I have a lot of monks and nuns that come here, and they haven't suffered enough where they can be helpful to people. They don't have the wisdom to help people”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening (Apr 10, 2025) · Listen from 58:39
Nguyen recounted converting a three-day retreat into an open-ended stay, asking to remain as long as it took.
“I decided from a three-day retreat, I asked to stay there, and they asked how long. I said, as long as it takes”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening (Apr 10, 2025) · Listen from 59:55
Nguyen recounted a nun advising him that clinging too tightly to Buddhist rules about eating meat could itself cause suffering.
“but you holding on to Buddhist principles too tightly, that can cause suffering with you and your loved ones too”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening (Apr 10, 2025) · Listen from 1:47:54
Episodes
Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of AwakeningCtrl-Alt-Reset · Apr 10, 2025 · 2 h 15 min
Jimmy Nguyen tells host Matt how ADHD, childhood abuse, the rave scene and near-fatal pancreatitis led him to a year in a Buddhist monastery.
Jimmy Nguyen on other topics
- Ego and attachment · 6 quotes
- Mindfulness practice · 5 quotes
- Meditation · 2 quotes
- Composting · 1 quote
- Child abuse · 1 quote
- Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames · 1 quote
- Pancreatitis · 1 quote
- Rave culture · 1 quote