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.
Our first big online retreat, sharing, learning and practicing with scientists and lay friends. You can enjoy more photos from Plum Village here
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.
A special message from Sister Chan Khong
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.
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.”...
Brothers, Sisters and our long term lay friends working joyfully together on our organic Happy Farm. See more photos here
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Our Senior Dharma Teacher Larry Ward offers a message on how to practice with the trauma and anger of this time.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
We would like to invite you to celebrate Vesak Day 2020 at Plum Village. Enjoy more photos here.
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.
As much of the world is experiencing physical distancing measures there is a heightened need for peace and healing. How are sanghas responding? We asked in the last Plum Village newsletter, and here is what we found out...
In Part II, we explore practices to cultivate compassion for ourselves and others, through our daily practice, guided meditations and chanting. In caring for others, we offer a teaching on “The Six mantras” by Sr Dieu Nghiem (Sr Jina), and our teacher Thay draws on a key Plum Village...
We do not know when France will ease the lockdown for residential spiritual communities like Plum Village, where people coming from different countries share accommodations and living space in close proximity...
In Part I we offer resources for dealing with anxiety and stress, creating calm and ease, some beautiful mindful music and online resources.
In celebration of Earth day on Apr 22, we offer this article about our time spent with the inspiring Earth activist, Satish Kumar. Satish Kumar is a renowned Indian-British activist and writer, and was the sangha’s distinguished guest during our “Earth Week,” held at Lower Hamlet from November 1-8,...
Wake Up Schools has begun a series of initiatives to create opportunities for front-line people to come together to share and to experience the mindfulness practice. There was an urgency to support healthcare workers, and so with the Centre for Healthcare Improvement Research (CHIR), we co-hosted a workshop for...
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