Our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, founder of the International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism, passed away on 22nd January 2022. We have been commemorating his life with ceremonies and spiritual practice.
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Sharings from the Heart
Advent: Preserving a Beautiful Tradition
Sister Bồ Đề describes how she discovered the tradition of Advent at Plum Village, France.
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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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Peaceful Dwelling: Three-Month Autumn Retreat
Magnolia Grove Monastery – North America
Join the monastics at Magnolia Grove Monastery, Mississippi, for a three-month Autumn retreat.
Rains Retreat
Plum Village France – Europe
Join us for one or two weeks during our 90-day Rains Retreat where we simplify our lives and deepen our mindfulness practice.
Peaceful Dwelling: 90-Day Retreat
Deer Park Monastery – North America
Join the monastics at Deer Park Monastery, California for 90-Day Rains Retreat.
“Miracle of Being Alive”
Holy Season Retreat
Plum Village France – Europe
Join us for a week of walking in nature, sitting in peace, listening with love, working with joy … living fully the precious life we have.
Holiday Retreat 2022
Deer Park Monastery – North America
Join the monastics at Deer Park Monastery, California for a Holiday Retreat.
“New Year, New Me”
Plum Village France – Europe
What have I done with my days? Have I lived with kindness and joy during 2022? How do I live in the present for a future to be possible?
“Nourishing the Roots with Love” – general practice week
Plum Village France – Europe
This one-week retreat will be an opportunity for us to nourish our spiritual roots. We will cultivate the art of walking, sitting, eating, working, and listening to ourselves and others with true presence and…
General Practice Week in early Spring
Plum Village France – Europe
With new blossoms on the way, and spectacular changing weather, spring-time offers us a wonderful opportunity to celebrate this beautiful season of transformation and renewal.
Francophone Retreat
Plum Village France – Europe
This one-week retreat is a precious opportunity to connect with spiritual friends old and new, and cultivate the collective stillness and understanding.
General Practice Week in late Spring
Plum Village France – Europe
We warmly welcome you to join our community life of practice for one or two weeks.
“Savor Life”- Cooking Retreat
Plum Village France – Europe, New Hamlet
For this one-week retreat (May 26 – June 2), the New Hamlet meditation hall will become a food haven and the sisters will reveal their secrets of cooking vegan food with joy, ease, and…
“Love is Freedom” – Earth Retreat
Plum Village France – Europe
The international Earth Holders communities is delighted to invite you all to a 7 days “Earth Retreat” in Plum Village France on-site and online.
Summer Opening 2023
Plum Village France – Europe
From July 9th – 29th 2023, Plum Village will be a kingdom of smiles for families with children and teens.
Wake Up 2023
Plum Village France – Europe
Breathe, walk, renew, inspire… A retreat for Young Mindfulness Practitioners 18-35
Educators’ Retreat
(and plum picking)
Plum Village France – Europe
We invite you to take the time to rest, renew, and connect deeply with the source of the sacred love that you are cultivating and offering through your life.
General Practice Week in Autumn
Plum Village France – Europe
As the trees shed their leaves, what afflictions can we shed to lighten our load?
Rains Retreat 2023-24
Plum Village France – Europe
Join us for our 90-day Rains Retreat (2023-24) where we simplify our lives and deepen our mindfulness practice.
Mindfulness of Love and Gratitude
Br. Minh Hy invites us to connect to great ancestral teachers who played a very important role in Thầy’s journey of renewing Buddhism. Inspired by their example, we can improve and refine our own practice, with faith and perseverance. We can make their practice come to life as we…
Br Minh Hy
Dharma Talks View All
Peace, Reconciliation and Harmony with Right Speech
Sister Thuận Nghiêm (Sister Harmony) takes us along her life-long journey of transforming her way of thinking and speaking with the practice. She shares many true stories about the importance of checking our perceptions and speaking more humbly and lovingly. The impact of our speech is immediate and wide….
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
Wisdom, Hope, Faith
“Do not abandon your aspiration too early!” Through her own experience of fearlessness, hope, compassion, anger, and despair during the war in Vietnam, Sr. Chân Không shares how she transformed unwholesome seeds through mindfulness practices in our Plum Village tradition. Touching on difficult topics such as suicide, alcoholism and…
Sr Chân Không
The Foundation of our Activism
“Mindfulness of breathing is the great vehicle used by buddhas to save beings who are drifting.” – Master Khương Tăng Hội Meditation Master Khương Tăng Hội, the first patriarch of Zen in Vietnam, was a great source of inspiration for our teacher Thầy to practice and develop Engaged Buddhism….
Sr Hội Nghiêm
Active Response to Suffering
Is Plum Village “engaged” enough today? Is our daily practice of mindfulness an appropriate answer to the problems our world is facing? If we look deeply at current issues such as war, injustice, or the climate crisis, we can understand their connection with our ways of thinking, speaking and…
Sr Hiến Nghiêm, Br Phap Linh, Br Pháp Hữu
Library
I Smile to the Stars (sung by Sister Chan Khong)
Sister Chan Khong, Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London 2012
Discover more Dharma Talks in our Library or our Listen podcast.