Leading up to the June 2026 retreat celebrating sixty years of the Order of Interbeing (OI), founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1966, we warmly invite sanghas around the world to participate in "Fire-Building" sessions.
The Willow Family of eight novice monks and nuns ordained on 9 November in Plum Village France.
Mick McEvoy of the Plum Village Happy Farm shares his insights and offers simple, nourishing practices and reflections inspired by the autumn.
Sister Boi Nghiem, known as True Pearl, was ordained in 2005. This article features an excerpt from a heartfelt interview for the Plum Village Newsletter in which she explores siblinghood and the art of building true community, drawing from her experience on the monastic path.
On October 23, we formally opened the Plum Village Monastery Rains Retreat with the Face-to-Face Ceremony (Ceremony of Refuge) in Upper Hamlet with 249 practitioners (159 monastics and 90 lay friends), committing to practice dwelling peacefully together for 90 days.
In this new book How to Dream, Thich Nhat Hanh invites us to nurture the fire in our hearts — to dream deeply, and to bring those dreams into reality through mindful, compassionate action.
From 26 September - 3 October, 2025, New Hamlet hosted our biannual Vegan Mindful Cooking Retreat with this year's theme: Savor Life. It was a week-long journey of mindfulness, global community, and culinary creativity.
To celebrate the continuation of our beloved teacher, we are delighted to share these heartfelt reflections of gratitude and transformation, offered by lay friends, monastics, and Dharma teachers across our multi-fold Sangha.
The Plum Village Community would like to express their deep gratitude and honor the life, teachings, and legacy of our beloved Dharma Teacher Tho Ha Vinh (True Great Understanding) in the wake of his passing on the 26th of September, 2025.
You are warmly invited to join us as two new cohorts of the ZASP course will be starting soon: in English, 19 October - 7 December, 2025 & en Español, 24 Octubre - 12 Diciembre, 2025.
Eighty years after Hiroshima, Sister Chân Trai Nghiêm reflects on walking through the city with Thay, and on how its deep scars can awaken a collective vow to cultivate peace for generations to come.
In this article, Brother Phap Dung outlines Thầy’s aspiration and vision for residential spiritual communities as a service and refuge for society.
Mick McEvoy of the Happy Farm shares insights and offers simple practices inspired by the summer to help you care for your own well-being, and touch the insight of interbeing.
From 9 -16 August, 2025, Plum Village hosted our annual Wake Up Retreat for young people aged 18 -35. We welcomed over 800 participants from around the world who gathered together to live simply in nature to heal and restore ourselves and to transform some of our despair, anxiety,...
We are happy to share this reflection on the great need for community by David Viafora.
The Plum Village Community is grieving the passing of our beloved Dharma Teacher Larry Ward (True Great Sound). He was a lighthouse of the Dharma, a revolutionary spirit, and a visionary of Engaged Buddhism.
From July 10th - August 2, 2025, Plum Village hosted our annual Summer Opening Family Retreat, welcoming nearly 2,500 participants from around 50 countries, including children, teens, and practitioners of all ages.
From June 20 to June 27, 2025, Plum Village hosted a transformative retreat in Upper Hamlet and Lower Hamlet with the theme of science and the art of healing.
With deep gratitude for the life, teachings, and continuation of Joanna Macy, we offer a selection of excerpts from World as Lover, World as Self in honor of her profound legacy. A life devoted to collective awakening, compassionate action, and service to life.
Throughout the years, Sister Dieu Nghiem (also known as Sister Jina) has touched the lives of countless young monastics as a beloved elder sister. Here in part 2, a few monastics share some joyful moments with their dear elder sister.
In this heartfelt sharing, Dharma teacher Fern Dorresteyn reflects on the joys and challenges of practicing mindfulness as a parent.
In this article, Dharma Teacher Orlaith O’Sullivan invites us into a playful and contemplative practice that blends imagination with presence and care for our world.
In this article, we explore the Two Promises offered to children during the Summer Opening retreat — simple yet powerful vows that plant seeds of compassion and understanding.
From June 6 to June 13, 2025, New Hamlet hosted a Wellbeing in Body & Mind Retreat, one of our first big retreats this summer.
In this reflection, Brothers Phap Xa and Phap Luu invite us into an experience of sensory awakening through mindful presence — grounded in a seven-week retreat on the Appalachian Trail that inspired their new book, Hiking Zen.
In this article, we explore the first part of an in-depth commentary on the Discourse on Transforming Violence and Fear, which Thay offered through four Dharma talks in Vietnamese during the 2009–2010 Rains Retreat.
Plum Village recently hosted a "Nourishing our Roots - Young Asians in the West" retreat in which one of the workshops was the challenge of writing Love Letters to Oneself. Here two retreatants share their hearfelt letters.
In this article, we share an introductory excerpt from the new book Calm in the Storm by Br. Phap Huu and Jo Confino — a timely Zen guide for those seeking emotional stability, self-compassion, and inner peace in an anxious, perfection-driven world.
In this article Kim Thai interviews Brother Trời Bảo Tạng, a monastic in the Plum Village tradition, who discusses why a non-binary monastic order is needed, and the practice of speaking up and letting go.
Sister Dieu Nghiem (also known as Sister Jina) arrived in Plum Village in 1990. She had first ordained as a monastic in Japan in the Soto Zen tradition. Here, a few monastics share some wondrous moments with their dear elder sister.
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