Photos from our latest online retreat, you can join the next one here.
From February 24 to 28, 2021 Plum Village hosted the online retreat “Action from the Heart”. It was especially curated for activists in all fields with almost 1,000 retreatants from over 65 countries joining. We received a lot of positive feedback from people feeling nourished by many activities. There were about 200 people who made the commitment to live a wholesome life guided by the 5 Mindfulness Trainings.
Let’s enjoy some activities through these photos.

“The clear blue sky
Enhances the beauty of
The delicate white
Spring blossoms.”
-Sr. Dieu Nghiem (Sr. Jina)
The New Hamlet sisters singing before the Dharma talk. 
Brother Phap Lai gave the opening talk “Going against the stream”. 
Guiding the tangerine meditation with the whole sangha enjoying the practice. 
Gathering to sing before the walking meditation 
Each step a flower blooms 
Live questions and answers session 
Behind the scene – brothers and sisters moderating the many questions that came in. 

Panel sharing with Christiana Figueres & Gail Bradbrook 

Invoking the name of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva 

Sr. True Virtue (Sr. Chan Duc) giving the closing talk “Cutting through the illusion” . 

“Rows and rows of
Flowering plum trees
I close my eyes
To save the image”
-Sr. Dieu Nghiem (Sr. Jina)
Dharma talk “The power of collective Action” by lay Dharma Teacher Larry Ward. 
“Laying down the sword”, special interview with Sr. Chan Khong by journalist/activist Jo Confino 
A French Dharma sharing group 
French Dharma sharing group 
An English Dharma sharing group 
One of the workshops lead by Sr. True Dedication and Jo Confino. 
Live singing from the US monastics. 
Live Questions & Answers in the US. 
The 5 Mindfulness Training transmission ceremony 


Long-terms living at Plum Village represented the retreatants in the formal request to receive the 5 Mindfulness Training. 
The 5 Mindfulness Training certificate 

Tea-in at the end of the retreat 


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