Updates / New Book: How to Connect
We are delighted to announce the publication of How to Connect, the eighth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series.
Articles
How To / The Zen of Dishwashing
Getting tired of washing the dishes? Find out how to go deep at the sink in the spirit of our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
Photos / A Day in the Life of our online retreat “The Art of Awakened Living”
We would like to invite you to join us on the last day of our online retreat "The Art of Awakened Living".
Updates / Online Retreat “Understanding our Mind”
Plum Village recently hosted our first online neuroscience retreat June 23 to June 28 with the title “Understanding Our Mind”. Let us enjoy the sweet aftertaste of this retreat through the feedback from our two Dharma teachers - Sr. Chan Duc (Sr Annabel) and young Dharma teacher Br. Troi...
Photos / Cooling the Flames online retreat
Our recent online retreat….Next one coming soon Awakening the source of Love July 24-26
Updates / New Version of the Plum Village App
Would you like to take Plum Village with you in your pocket? We are happy to say you can, with an updated version of the Plum Village app.
Updates / Booking is open for weekend online retreats!
Thich Nhat Hanh's dream of an online monastery is becoming a reality: join Plum Village monastics for virtual weekend retreats streamed live from Plum Village, France. Deepen your mindfulness and concentration, interact with the monastics, and connect to our international community.
Photos / Online “Understanding the Mind” Neuroscience Retreat
Our first big online retreat, sharing, learning and practicing with scientists and lay friends. You can enjoy more photos from Plum Village here
Sangha Stories / Creating Gathas – Mindfulness at Play
Gathas are short practice poems, that help us bring mindfulness, concentration, and insight to daily activities. Sister Giac An offers a selection of Gathas created recenlty in the Lower Hamlet Sutra class.
Updates / A Message from Sister Chan Khong
A special message from Sister Chan Khong
Pandemic Practice / What Can We Take From This Moment?
Brother Phap Huu reflects on how we can use this time of global suffering as a moment of transformation. He suggests letting go, treasuring our loved ones, and refocusing our care for the planet.
Thay's Poetry / For Warmth and In My Two Hands
This healing poem “For Warmth” was written by Thich Nhat Hanh during the Vietnam war. He said, this was written after he heard about the bombing of Ben Tre and the comment made by an American military man, “We had to destroy the town in order to save it.”...
Photos / Happy Farm Community Work Day
Brothers, Sisters and our long term lay friends working joyfully together on our organic Happy Farm. See more photos here
Racial Justice / Engaging Together for Change: An Invitation
A lens through which to view and contemplate as we act and participate in the collective awakening in our communities. (Letter from Thay Phap Dung.)
Photos / Be Nourished by Mother Nature at Plum Village
We would like to invite you to refresh yourself with the miracles of life and Thay’s poem, “Morning of Peace” which is quoted in the photo captions. You can enjoy more photos from Plum Village here.
Sangha Stories / “Wake Up” in Your Living Room
There have been lots of adaptations due to COVID-19 and Plum Village has been no exception. Sister Sinh Nghiêm explains how the planned retreat for organisers and facilitators of Plum Village's young adult communities moved online.
Thay's Poetry / Recommendation & Alone Again (poem & song)
This poem was written by Thich Nhat Hanh during the Vietnam war. His life and the lives of his students were at risk on a daily basis. Yet this poem encourages insight, compassion and forgiveness. We also offer a recording of the song based on the poem.
Updates / Join us for special online events this summer
We invite you to come together, to strengthen our collective energy, and deepen our training in the energy of mindfulness. Plum Village will be offering four online retreats this summer, so you can connect to the monastics and so we can learn from each other’s insights and experiences.
Racial Justice / Skillful Action for a Path Forward
As part of our series on Racial Justice, we interview US-based Dharma Teacher Valerie Brown. Valerie offers us insight into how we can keep love alive in our hearts as we fight discrimination and injustice and points to some of the concrete actions we can take to make change.
Thay's Poetry / Please Call Me by My True Names (song & poem)
We invite you to listen to Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) read one of his most famous poems. It reflects a deep insight into how we cannot separate ourselves from the world around us, even those who do harm. We also offer a recording of the song based on the...
Racial Justice / How to practice when the fires of grief are burning
Our Senior Dharma Teacher Larry Ward offers a message on how to practice with the trauma and anger of this time.
Thich Nhat Hanh on... / Openness in the face of fanaticism and intolerance
In this extract from the newly published 4th edition of Interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a commentary on the first of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of Engaged Buddhism. This training reminds us to guard against discriminative and dualistic thinking and to avoid becoming bound by any ideology.
Photos / Working joyfully
We would like to invite you to enjoy photos of joyful working time with the monastic community. In Plum Village, we prefer to see work as a chance to practice meditation and call it mindful service. “Our work can be a wonderful means for us to express our deepest...
Pandemic Practice / Handling Fear and Discrimination
Brother Phap Huu explains why stopping can be hard and unexpected emotions can surface when we are forced to stay still. He offers insight into how we can respond to our fears as we navigate between lockdown and returning to everyday life. Also, he provides guidance on what to...
Ask a Zen Master / On Anger, Sadness and Regrets (video)
Anger, sadness and regrets can all be doorways to peace and beauty, not only for ourselves, but for the people around us, the people of our past and also for those who will come after us.
Ask a Zen Master / Can we Love and Trust Ourselves? (Video)
Love and trust in ourselves form the basis of a healthy relationship with our inner landscape. Please enjoy three answers that our teacher gives on how we can love and trust ourselves and how to have a 'good' day.
Updates / The Budda’s Birthday Vesak Celebration 2020
We invite you to enjoy the Plum Village celebrations of Vesak Day 2020. Traditionally, the monastics organize Vesak celebrations together in one hamlet along with many guests. This year we celebrated it in three hamlets separately due to Covid-19. Vesak is a chance for us to express our respect...
Updates / Breathe – A Meditation Journal
Parallax Press has recently released a simple notebook with a Zen aesthetic. This meditative journal features selected excerpts and quotes from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s most-loved teachings, prayers, and poems.
Photos / Vesak Celebration 2020
We would like to invite you to celebrate Vesak Day 2020 at Plum Village. Enjoy more photos here.
Sangha Stories / In the footsteps of the Buddha – India Pilgrimage 2019
In late December 2019, five monastics from Plum Village, along with 40 friends from 22 countries around the world, travelled to northern India to walk in the footsteps of the Buddha and visit sacred Buddhist sites.