On April 11th, New York City officials co-named a street in honor of our teacher Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, lovingly known as Thay—recognizing his extraordinary contributions to peace, mindfulness, and social transformation in the world.
Today, we celebrate the continuation of our beloved Sr. Chan Khong by sharing a love letter from Sr Chan Duc and three cherished practices. We invite you to choose one that touches your heart and carry forward her spirit of healing, transformation, and service in your life and in...
From March 23rd to 28th, 2025, the Still Water Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony was held at Plum Village, France, and live-streamed in connection with Thai Plum Village.
Sister Bội Nghiêm interviews US Dharma Teachers Valerie Brown and Juliet Hwang to share their experience-based insights on the necessity of BIPOC spaces and groups in cultivating a key sense of safety for practitioners of Color and in preparing the ground for individual and collective transformation and healing.
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.
In Being with Busyness, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist and leadership coach Jo Confino examine how mindfulness can help the modern diseases of busyness, overwhelm, and burnout.
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.
The 90-day Rains Retreat 2024-2025 has concluded, marking a period of deep study, practice, and transformation for our monastic and lay community.
The New Year’s Week at Plum Village was a beautiful opportunity to come together as a community and begin the year with mindfulness and compassion. Over 500 friends and monastics gathered to reflect on the past year, release what no longer serves us, and start fresh with clear intentions....
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.
During this year’s Christmas Holiday Week (December 20–27), we gathered as a community to breathe mindfully, walk in nature, sit in peace, listen with love, and work with joy.
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.
In this article Brother Đức Định shares insights of an ancient practice that waters seeds of generosity, community and gratitude.
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.
We are delighted to inform you that the Still Water Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony will be held in Plum Village, France from March 21st to March 28th 2025.
In this article we continue to explore the ways to study and practice Buddhism (Buddhist methodology) to help us become soulmates of the Buddha.
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 18th 2024 Dharma teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo joined Br. Stream in Deer Park to share how we can practice mindfulness in divisive times. This offering is part of a monthly online series on Engaged Buddhism.
In this article we explore the transformative art of deep listening while door knocking in the lead up to the US election from Annie Mahon, an engaged practitioner and Dharma teacher in The Plum Village Tradition.
The Tulip Tree Family of seven novice monks and nuns ordained on October 27th in Plum Village France.
In this article we explore the ways to study and practice Buddhism (Buddhist methodology) to help us become soulmates of the Buddha, or those who can understand the Buddha.
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