Articles & News

With joy and gratitude, we are happy to share the newly published Plum Village Newsletter — a fragrant offering of insights, care, and creativity from our global monastic and lay sangha.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we shine light on inspiring Plum Village practitioners and teachers who share about their work and experience in the practice.

Plum Village monastics are going on tour around Europe, North America and Canada. We highlight some of our trips and look forward to practicing with friends in every country.

Our dear friend Karim Manji, one of the founders of plumvillage.org and beloved by many passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Monday, 3rd February. We honour his life dedicated to sharing mindfulness, spiritual activism and continue his immense contributions to the Plum Village Community.

Thay shares his insights on the three kinds of intimacy that can help us create a true home in ourselves and our beloved ones.

In this excerpt from Healing Our Way Home, Lay Dharma teacher Marisela Gomez shares insights about the tension between connectedness and aloneness and the meaning of true refuge.

In the early hours of Thursday 23rd January, the oldest building of Lower Hamlet went up in flames. In this article we share what happened and how you can support us.

Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year.

To mark the 3rd anniversary of Thich Nhat Hanh’s transition we share some deep and touching accounts of how his practices, teachings, and presence have impacted people’s lives. 

Dear Beloved Ancestors, both Spiritual and Genetic, We present ourselves before you at this solemn moment of the New Year to express our gratitude and deep aspiration as a spiritual family.

A selection of Plum Village practices to keep in your back pocket if you will be spending time with family for Christmas or another holiday.

We offer a selection of teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh and other Plum Village Dharma teachers on embracing the painful feeling of loneliness.

Follow along with newly translated talks by Thich Nhat Hanh from 2012/13 which explore the true meanings of what the Buddha taught. In Plum Village monasteries, the Rains Retreat is a tradition that dates from the time of the Buddha. For 90 days, Plum Village nuns and monks stay…

In this Dharma talk extract, Br. Phap Dung reminds us to look deeply at the stories behind our celebrations and see Thanksgiving not only as a reflection on its history but an invitation to express gratitude and transform suffering.

With this interview, we celebrate the life and continuation of Terry Barber who passed away on 9 November 2024. Terry was an editor of Thay’s books for more than 20 years, the transcriber of thousands of his talks, and beloved by our multifold Sangha.

On October 9 we formally opened the Plum Village Monastery Rains Retreat with the Face-to-Face Ceremony at Upper Hamlet with 248 practitioners (142 monastics and 106 lay friends) dwelling peacefully together for 90 days. 

As we celebrate the continuation of our beloved teacher, we share with you some heart felt reflections from our monastic siblings and an introduction to the new album from the Plum Village Band.

The debut album from Plum Village Band, produced by prolific artist and producer Jack Peñate, recorded at the Plum Village Monastery in France.