Plum Village is a mindfulness practice centre in the South of France founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
It is home to an international community with practice centers in Europe, Asia, US and Australia, and hundreds of sanghas around the world.
The essential practice of Plum Village is ‘I have arrived, I am home.’ It means happiness is possible. Freedom is possible. Right now. Right here.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Art of Mindful Living
What do we practice?
Our practice is to dwell happily in the present moment during our daily activities. We do this to embrace our suffering, find joy in life and enable ourselves to respond to the collective challenges of our time.
Founder of Plum Village
Who is Thich Nhat Hanh?
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist, revered around the world for his pioneering teachings on mindfulness, Engaged Buddhism, global ethics and peace.
Practise with us
Upcoming Retreats
Throughout the year we organise retreats and welcome guests to come and stop, rest, heal themselves through the art of mindful living. You can also experience a retreat at our other monastic centers around the world.
Rains Retreat
You’re warmly invited to join us this autumn for our annual Three-Months Rains Retreat. The Rains Retreat at Plum Village is a time for us to come to come back to ourselves, to practice looking deeply, and to strengthen our spiritual roots. It’s an opportunity for lay practitioners to…
Christmas & New Year Celebrations
You are warmly invited to join us for one or two weeks during the Christmas and New Year period. It is a very special time of year in Plum Village, with music, singing, mindfulness practices and moving celebrations on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. It is a…
Generosity in Action Retreat
Are you skilled in building, renovation, or construction, and would like to come and practise with the sisters of the New Hamlet while offering your skills to help us renovate our Plum Blossom House? The New Hamlet sisters are happy to announce that thanks to the generous support of…
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Thich Nhat Hanh turns 93
Dear Beloved Community, We are very happy to share that today Thay has been celebrating his 93rd birthday at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, his “Root Temple” where he first entered the monkhood aged sixteen. Over the last few days, Thay’s monastic students from across Vietnam have been…
Today, We See Clearly that There is a Beautiful Path
The newly ordained novices of the Ginko family are interviewed about their lives before and after ordination.
The Happy Farm Experience Week – A week of mindful farming at Plum Village, Lower Hamlet
Happy Farms in Plum Village are an experiment in organic farming, community living and mindfulness in action. There are a total of three Happy Farms in Plum Village, one in Upper Hamlet, one in Lower Hamlet and one in New Hamlet. The lay practitioners who volunteer for one year…
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