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Harvesting Apples While Cultivating Joy & Siblinghood On the 13th of November the Monastic Sangha gathered at a neighbor’s apple orchard. The community was kindly allowed to harvest the surplus of apples after the main harvest. Sometimes this can be called gleaning, (or glanage), and consists on the collecting…
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Interbeing and Interpenetration
We would like to invite you to enjoy a reading from book “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
Discourse on Transforming Violence and Fear
1) Let us listen and observe to understand how, from a happy and wholesome state, people have brought society into a state of terror and violence. How have past generations acted for the situation to become like this? I want to talk to you about this suffering and tell…
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Practice sessions with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in English, at Mountain Spring Monastery
Join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia for sessions of sitting meditation and other practices including sutra recitation, sutra class, Touching the Earth, Dharma sharing, Be-in, Mindfulness Trainings recitation, or a collective questions and answers session.
You may like to follow the Compassionate Ocean Sangha website or Facebook page.
You can join through this Zoom link.
Meeting ID: 981 6914 4405
Passcode: breathe
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Upcoming Retreats
Below you can find our upcoming in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world.
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Rains Retreat 2021: Gems of the Plum Village Tradition
Plum Village France
90 days to explore the roots of Thich Nhat Hanh’s sutra translations, teachings and practices
New Year’s Retreat
Plum Village France , Upper Hamlet , New Hamlet
Plum Village is delighted to be able to open again and to welcome our wider community to join us, in person, here in Plum Village to welcome the New Year 2022.
The Gift of a Quiet Mind
Lower Hamlet
As another challenging year comes to a close, we invite you to take refuge in spiritual community as we gather online to support and nourish each other, and take time to reflect on what…
January Retreat (Jan 6-13)
Plum Village France , Upper Hamlet , Lower Hamlet , New Hamlet
This immersive experience will include two talks a week as well as sitting, chanting and walking meditations, mindful meals in community, mindful “service meditation”, group sharings, and a full “lazy day” to truly rest.
January Retreat (Jan 13-20)
Plum Village France , Upper Hamlet , Lower Hamlet , New Hamlet
This immersive experience will include two talks a week as well as sitting, chanting and walking meditations, mindful meals in community, mindful “service meditation”, group sharings, and a full “lazy day” to truly rest.
Spring Retreat (Mar 3-10)
As the beauties of spring unfurl, we invite you to join the Plum Village community for a relaxed and joyful week of mindful living together.
Spring Retreat (Mar 10-17)
As the beauties of spring unfurl, we invite you to join the Plum Village community for a relaxed and joyful week of mindful living together.
Mountain Mindfulness Ski Retreat – Andorra
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Granvalira, El Tarter Ski Resort Join the monks and nuns of Plum Village on a ski retreat in the mountains of Andorra, from March 22 to 27, 2022. We will enjoy cultivating awareness of…
3-day Online Retreat
Integrate the practice into daily life at home, and connect with Plum Village and fellow practitioners.
Spring Retreat (Mar 31-Apr 7)
As the beauties of spring unfurl, we invite you to join the Plum Village community for a relaxed and joyful week of mindful living together.
Spring Retreat (Apr 7-14)
As the beauties of spring unfurl, we invite you to join the Plum Village community for a relaxed and joyful week of mindful living together.
Special Vietnamese Retreat
This is a special retreat for Vietnamese speakers, hosted in Upper Hamlet. More information will be announced soon.
Special In-Person Retreat: “Spirituality, Science, and Action”
This is a special retreat for scientists and activists to bring a spiritual dimension to their work.
Special In-Person Retreat: Sustainable Business Retreat
This is a special retreat for business people wishing to bring sustainability to their enterprise.
Special Twenty-one Day Retreat Celebrating 40 years of Plum Village
This is a special retreat to celebrate the 40 years since the founding of Plum Village.
International Summer Retreat
This is the return of our annual summer retreat for families.
Invoking the Bodhisattvas’ Names
The word Bodhisattva means “awakened being”. In the text Invoking the Bodhisatva’s Names, written by Thich Nhat Hanh, 5 Bodhisattvas are mentioned who represent qualities we can all uncover in ourselves. In this talk, Sister Tu Nghiem offers us an explanation of this text. You can find the text…
Sr Từ Nghiêm
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The Discourse on Youth and Happiness
This talk, the first in our Rains Retreat, was offered by Brother Phap Huu from the New Hamlet of Plum Village, France.
Br Pháp Hữu
The Spirit of a Rains Retreat
Brother Phap Huu introduces the 2021 Rains Retreat: Gems of the Plum Village Tradition.
Br Pháp Hữu
An Offering of the Heart: Transmission, Continuation, Aspiration
What are we made of? What do we transmit to the future, and to the world? How do we connect to our ancestors, understand them, and see how we continue them? How can we practice, so that our practice is an “offering of the heart”? Sister Đào Nghiêm offers…
Sr Đào Nghiêm
Cultivating Kindness, Building Community
What does it feel like to receive kindness, from a loved one or even a stranger? What does it mean to have kindness in our own heart, and to be a true friend to ourselves and others? How can we cultivate these qualities, to help build a kind community…
Br Pháp Hữu
Library
Interbeing and Interpenetration
We would like to invite you to enjoy a reading from book “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
Discourse on Transforming Violence and Fear
1) Let us listen and observe to understand how, from a happy and wholesome state, people have brought society into a state of terror and violence. How have past generations acted for the situation to become like this? I want to talk to you about this suffering and tell…
Discourse on Turning the Wheel of the Dharma
This is what I have heard. At one time the World-Honored One was staying near Varanasi at Isipatana in the Deer Park. At that time the World-Honored One addressed the group of five monks, saying, “Bhikkhus, there are two extremes that a monk should avoid. What are the two?…
Store of Precious Virtues Discourse: Practice of the Highest Understanding
Bodhisattvas, who in this life endeavor to removeall obstacles and afflictions,giving rise to a peaceful mind with confidence,dwelling in awakened calm—rely on the Practice of the Highest Understanding. All the rivers on Roseapple Island,producing the healing herbs, fresh fruits and flowers,derive their power from the Naga Kingwho dwells in…
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