Global Optimism – Interview with Sr True Dedication and Br Phap Dung
Global Optimism – Our beloved monastics Br Phap Dung and Sr True Dedication share about our practice, the COVID19 crisis and climate change to help us during these difficult times.
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“We are here for you”
A video message from the Brother Phap Huu of Upper Hamlet to the larger Plum Village community.
Plum Village Online – Podcast
Plum Village is very pleased to announce that we have a new online audio platform for dharma talks. You can now listen to all the recent dharma talks within the Plum Village tradition on your favourite podcast platform.
How To / A Zen Master’s tips for staying sane in challenging times
How do monks structure their day, balancing meditation, work & rest? Here are Thich Nhat Hanh’s key teachings on the art of living each day well.
Temporary Closure in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Dear Beloved Community, Aware of the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Europe, and the growing number of cases in France, we have taken the difficult decision to close our Plum Village mindfulness practice center to the public, from now until May 1st. We will be giving full refunds to those...
Photos / Monastic retreat & Lamp Transmission 2020
This year, the monastic retreat happened in EIAB- Germany with a lot of joy and happiness. The lamp transmission also was organized in this retreat, and we have 21 new Dharma monastic teachers.
True Freedom Pen Pal Program
Please enjoy this article about a wonderful program supporting prison inmates with compassionate letter writing and honest exchanges about practicing the Dharma.
2020 Lunar New Year “Parallel Verses”
We are very happy to announce the new Plum Village practice phrases to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Rat. The phrase is a poetic gift that we can print out and post on the walls as a reminder to practice mindfulness.
Thay returns to Vietnam after health check-ups in Thailand
Today, January 4th, Thay will fly back to Vietnam, and return to Từ Hiếu Root Temple in Huế, after spending a month in Thailand for a medical check-ups. Thay is doing well, has recovered his appetite, and remains strong in spirit.
On Stillness and Mindful Activism
Plum Village wishes everyone a happy 2020! To start the year off on a mindful and active note, we invite you to watch this interview of Sr Chan Duc speaking on mindful activism and the importance of cultivating stillness in the face of climate change.
Thay travels to Bangkok for health check-ups
1st December, 2019 Dear Beloved Community, We’re happy to announce that on Thursday 28th November, Thay traveled from Huế, Vietnam to Bangkok, Thailand for a full medical check-up in Bangkok. The trip and hospital visit went smoothly. Yesterday morning, Thay decided to travel on to visit our community at...
Reverence is the Nature of our Monastic Vow
Our elder brother, Br Phap Dung, reflects on the role of monasticism in the light of today's society and current ecological crisis.
Today, We See Clearly that There is a Beautiful Path
The newly ordained novices of the Ginko family are interviewed about their lives before and after ordination.
The Happy Farm Experience Week – A week of mindful farming at Plum Village, Lower Hamlet
Happy Farms in Plum Village are an experiment in organic farming, community living and mindfulness in action. There are a total of three Happy Farms in Plum Village, one in Upper Hamlet, one in Lower Hamlet and one in New Hamlet. The lay practitioners who volunteer for one year...
“They call you a Bodhisattva”: Thich Nhat Hanh’s friendship with Dr. King
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day, we are happy to offer you an excerpt from "At Home in the World: Stories from a Monk’s Life" about the friendship between Thay and Dr. King.
True Peace Work
Please enjoy this new anthology of writings from Thich Nhat Hanh, The Dalai Lama, Joanna Macy and many others on how buddhist teachings can help with some of the most pressing issues we are facing today.
Photos / Gingko Tree Family Novice Ordination
How do I live a life of meaning? What is true love? Is there a way out of suffering for myself, my family, my society? These questions lying at the depths of our hearts led a group of 15 young men and women to choose life as a Buddhist...
Thich Nhat Hanh turns 93
Dear Beloved Community, We are very happy to share that today Thay has been celebrating his 93rd birthday at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, his “Root Temple” where he first entered the monkhood aged sixteen. Over the last few days, Thay’s monastic students from across Vietnam have been...
How do I look?
This beautiful new design of the Plum Village website went live on Wednesday 9th October 2019. We hope you like it. We’ve taken the color style of Thay’s calligraphies (black ink on white paper) as well as distinctive Plum Village tones (the yellow of sunflowers & our sanghati robes;...
The New Issue of the Mindfulness Bell: The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, Part 2
AUTUMN 2019 ISSUE 82, AVAILABLE EARLY OCTOBER Guest edited by UK Dharma teacher Teri West, this issue shares the fruits of our practice with several of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. Bodhisattvas: In a Dharma talk, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us about practicing the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings and what it...
Photos / Marching with Love
On the 20th September, 2019, monastics and friends from around the world came out to support the global youth lead-movement to help our beloved Mother Earth. Aware of the deep suffering of the Earth and many species, including our own, during this time we marched Plum Village style –...
Vows of Love and Action this Rains’ Retreat
Dear Thầy, Dear Noble Sangha Abroad on this precious planet, The monks, nuns, and lay practitioners of Plum Village gathered together, once again, in the Upper Hamlet for the Opening Ceremony of the annual Three Month Rains’ Retreat. It was a powerful and invigorating ritual reminding us how precious...
Give Mother Earth 18 Months
Dear Plum Village friends everywhere, An exciting invitation to join thousands of PV friends around the world for coordinated Earth Justice practice! The Plum Village Earth Holder Community is encouraging sangha members around the world to support young people on September 20 in the Global Climate Strike, and then...
True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun by Sister Annabel Laity
Sister Chân Đức has been a disciple of Thầy since 1986. She became the first Western European woman to be ordained as a nun by Thầy on November 10th 1988 in India. She is a much-loved senior Dharma Teacher and travels widely, leading meditation retreats and inspiring many with...
Beloved Elder Brother Passes Away
The Plum Village community announces the very sad news that on Wednesday, 24 July our beloved elder Brother Thầy Pháp Lượng, a member of our monastic sangha at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism, passed away. The monastic sangha was on an outing at Biggesee Reservoir in Sauerland, Germany...
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh awarded the First Gandhi Mandela Peace Medal
In his speech at the award ceremony the convener of the event mentioned that the award was being presented to the Zen Master for his “Impact on Spirituality” and said that “Thich Nhat Hanh is the ‘Father of Mindfulness’ whose teachings have changed the lives of millions of people...
Touching Peace in Palestine
Every year monastics from the Plum Village tradition are invited go to Israel and Palestine to hold days of mindfulness and retreats. In March this year Brother Phap Lai, Sister Luc Nghiem, Sister Mai Lam and Brother Duc Pho spent time in Palestine, this article by Sister Mai Lam...
Interrelationship – poem by Thich Nhat Hanh
A poem by Thich Nhat Hanh
Enjoying the practice of Noble Silence
Sr Dieu Nghiem writes about the essence of dwelling peacefully in the present moment.
Recommendation
A poem by Thich Nhat Hanh. “Man is not the enemy”, Thay has often reminded us. “Our enemy is hatred, anger, ignorance and fear.” The roots of war are not to be found in religious philosophies or unfamiliar cultures, but in misunderstanding, fear, anger, and hatred.