Международна общност от центрове за практикуване на осъзнатост, предлагаща духовни програми и учения за приложен будизъм и изкуството на осъзнатия живот, основана от дзен учителя Тик Нят Хан.
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Upcoming Online Retreats
While our monasteries are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, we are offering online retreats so that you can immerse yourself in Plum Village mindfulness practice from your own home.

Living in Harmony: Mindfulness in Community Life
Join us for a nourishing and grounding retreat in the Plum Village tradition, where we’ll explore how to live mindfully and harmoniously in community. In these times of rapid change and deep disconnection, this…

General Practice Week in New Hamlet – Autumn 2025
We warmly invite English and French-speaking women and couples to join us for a week of mindfulness practice with the sisters of New Hamlet (5th September – 12th September).

General Practice Week in Lower Hamlet – Autumn 2025
We warmly invite English and French-speaking women and couples to join us for a week of mindfulness practice with the sisters of Lower Hamlet. Two weeks are available this autumn: 5–12 September and 26…

Happy Farm Week (New Hamlet)
Join us for a nourishing week of sisterhood and inner exploration on the New Hamlet Happy Farm between the 5th – 12th September 2025.

Volunteering – Mindful Cooking Retreat
We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us as volunteers from September 24th – 5th October during the Mindful Vegan Cooking Retreat in New Hamlet.

„Savor Life“ – Mindful Cooking Retreat
For this one-week retreat, the New Hamlet meditation hall will become a food haven and the sisters will reveal their secrets of cooking vegan food with joy, ease, and love.

General Practice Week in Upper Hamlet – Autumn 2025
We warmly invite English-speaking friends to join us in Upper Hamlet for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community (26th September – 3rd October).

Walking the Path of Saint Francis with the Monks of Plum Village
Join us in Umbria, Italy from Sept 28th to Oct 11th 2025 for a meditation & hiking retreat walking the path of Saint Francis with the Monks of Plum Village.

Rooted in Healing: A Journey with Mother Earth (New Hamlet)
With great joy, we invite you to a week of practice on the New Hamlet Happy Farm, dedicated to healing and exploring our True Nature through touching the soil.

Young Vietnamese Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring Monastery (18-40 yo)
This weekend is a space for our YOUNG VIETNAMESE friends to practice together, recognizing the good seeds of our ancestors and the seeds that need to heal. We welcome ALL genders for this retreat….

Happy Farm Harvest Retreat (Upper Hamlet)
The Upper Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted to announce our Happy Farm Harvest Retreat combining a week’s retreat in Upper Hamlet with a special hands-on experience in helping us on our organic, agroecology farm.

Tree Planting and Happy Farming Week (Lower Hamlet)
Lower Hamlet and the Happy Farm team are delighted to announce our next ‘Tree Planting and Happy Farming Week’ in Lower Hamlet from October 10 – October 17 2025.

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
A 7-week in-depth curated learning journey to nurture insight, compassion, community, and action in service of the Earth, bringing to life teachings in Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, Zen and the Art of Saving the…

Rains Retreat 2025-26
Join us for our 90-day Rains Retreat (2025-26) where we reconnect with the wonder of life and deepen our mindfulness practice.

Rains Retreat Practice Weeks – Lower Hamlet
Join the sisters and lay community of Lower Hamlet for 1–2 weeks of practice during our 90-day Rains Retreat (2025-26).

Rains Retreat Practice Weeks – New Hamlet
Join the sisters and lay community of New Hamlet for 1–2 weeks of practice during our 90-day Rains Retreat (2025-26).

Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring
We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.

3-Month Rain Retreat at Healing Spring Monastery
Many of us have the need to slow down, recover, and look deeply into ourselves, our families, and society. These precious three sacred months are for deepening our practice, supporting the monastic community, and…

One Month Stay in Upper Hamlet
Join us for a one-month stay of mindful living and practice with the brothers and lay residents of Upper Hamlet, as part of the 90-day Rains Retreat (2025–26).

Christmas Holiday Week
This Christmas Holiday Week (December 20 – 27) we invite you to light the candle of your own heart and let it radiate out as an offering to your beloved ones, to all beings,…

New Years Week
This New Years Week (December 27 – January 3) is a precious time to come home to ourselves, and to touch the peace and clarity within us. Breathing together in mindfulness, we open our…

In the Footsteps of the Buddha
Join us for a special 14-day pilgrimage through India, following the sacred footsteps of the Buddha. This retreat will be led by monastics from Plum Village, together with Dharma teacher Shantum Seth.

14 Mindfulness Trainings Transmission and Lamp Transmissions for Lay Dharma Teachers
This retreat from 20th March to 27th March will be focused on transmission ceremonies, open to aspirant OI members, aspirant Dharma Teachers, and their families, sangha members, and anyone wishing to support.

Nurturing the Fire
This retreat will be a precious opportunity for our world-wide Order of Interbeing family to reunite at Plum Village, France. Week one is open to anyone who is interested in the bodhisattva path of…