Photos / Rains Retreat Closing Ceremony 2024-2025
The 90-day Rains Retreat 2024-2025 has concluded, marking a period of deep study, practice, and transformation for our monastic and lay community.
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Photos / New Year Celebration 2025
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....
New Year Prayer to Our Ancestors
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.
Photos / Christmas Holiday Week 2024
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.
Seven self-care practices for the festive period
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.
Five ways to face loneliness, mindfully
We offer a selection of teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh and other Plum Village Dharma teachers on embracing the painful feeling of loneliness.
Sangha Building / A Day of Alms
In this article Brother Đức Định shares insights of an ancient practice that waters seeds of generosity, community and gratitude.
Rains Retreat teachings: Being a “Soulmate of the Buddha”
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...
A Day of Gratitude
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.
Still Water Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony
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.
Sutra / Have we understood the Buddha? (Part II)
In this article we continue to explore the ways to study and practice Buddhism (Buddhist methodology) to help us become soulmates of the Buddha.
Remembering Terry Barber – Parallax Press and the Journey to Plum Village through Books
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.
Engaged Buddhism / Practicing Mindfulness in Divisive Times
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.
Engaged Buddhism / Deep Listening to our Differences
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.
Photos / Tulip Tree Family — Novice Ordination Ceremony 2024
The Tulip Tree Family of seven novice monks and nuns ordained on October 27th in Plum Village France.
Sutra / Have we understood the Buddha? (Part I)
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.
2024-25 Rains Retreat Opening Ceremony
On October 9 we formally opened the Plum Village Monastery Rains Retreat with the Face-to-Face Ceremony at Upper Hamlet with 248 practitioners (142 monastics and 106 lay friends) dwelling peacefully together for 90 days.
Sharing from Monastics & New Album – Thay’s Continuation Day (October 11)
As we celebrate the continuation of our beloved teacher, we share with you some heart felt reflections from our monastic siblings and an introduction to the new album from the Plum Village Band.
How To / Listen with Mindfulness
As an expression of our gratitude to Thich Nhat Hanh and a concrete way to continue his legacy, we offer extracts from the new book How to Listen.
Album Release: A Cloud Never Dies
The debut album from Plum Village Band, produced by prolific artist and producer Jack Peñate, recorded at the Plum Village Monastery in France.
My Path to Wake Up Schools
Joost Vriens reflects on the connection between mindfulness and being a teacher. He was a teacher at a secondary vocational school for 40 years, supports Wake Up Schools and is a co-founder of a Dutch online Education Sangha.
International Day of Peace
On Sat Sep 21, International Day of Peace, the Plum Village sanghas in Jerusalem will be offering a Peace Walk at 5pm local time. We invite you to join online for a simultaneous session of sitting meditation, chanting and walking meditation lead by Blue Cliff Monastery.
New Book / In Love & Trust: Letters from a Zen Master
In this article we discover Thich Nhat Hanh's intimate letters and wisdom with exerts from a new book out on October 15th 2024 via Parallax Press.
Monastic Life / A Friend on the Path
Sister Chân Đào Nghiêm reflects on her practice with a treasured friend that helps her on the path of healing, transformation and joy in the present moment.
Photos / Peace Begins Here – 2024 Wake Up Retreat
We share photos and the collective energy of peace generated by 700 practitioners from our recent retreat for young people.
Engaged Buddhism / Plum Village and Our Art of Saving the Planet
In this article Brother Chân Trời Đức Niệm shares about the 7-week online course “Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet” (ZASP)
Engaged Buddhism / Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening
Dharma Teacher Jo-Ann Rosen offers practices for wise activism in alignment with the Engaged Buddhist path.
Photos / Summer Opening 2024
We invite you to share in moments from the Summer Opening for families. Over these three weeks, more than 2,000 lay practitioners – including 170 teenagers and 480 children came to live in simplicity, cultivating awareness, understanding, and compassion.
Ask a Zen Master / Negative self-perceptions and video games
Thay responds with gentleness and wisdom to heartfelt questions from young practitioners during past annual Summer Opening Retreats.
You Are Enough: Words for Teens
In this sharing for teenagers (and the “forever teens at heart”), Sister Đẳng Nghiêm shows young people how to take care of their body and mind amidst the rapid changes of adolescence.