This affectionate trip down memory lane by outgoing publisher Hisae Matsuda shares the backstory behind Parallax’s publications, celebrating the people who made the books possible, and the team of practitioner-publishing professionals guiding the journey of tomorrow.
To honor Earth Day, we are delighted to share an article by Brother Troi Duc Niem, in which he reflects on his monastic journey and on the important role of Plum Village in supporting the climate movement.
From 3 to 10 April, 2026, French-speaking practitioners gathered from around the world to join this precious retreat in New Hamlet of Plum Village, France.
Today we celebrate the continuation day of our beloved elder Sister Chan Khong, (Sister True Emptiness)—founding member of the Order of Interbeing (Tiep Hien) and Plum Village.
From 20 - 27 March, 2026, the international multifold sangha gathered in Plum Village, France for a Lamp Transmission Ceremony week.
In this article, we hear from one of our newest Dharma teachers, Meena Srinivasan, whose journey of practice has led her to move into the lay community of Deer Park Monastery, helping to found the Thich Nhat Hanh School of Interbeing.
In this article, we share some reflections by Brother Dinh Thanh about a recent pilgrimage in the footsteps of our beloved teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, in Vietnam.
In this article we feature wisdom from How to Fight, in which Thich Nhat Hanh offers practical guidance for meeting times of polarity, tension, and conflict with understanding and care, helping us to return to ourselves in order to restore peace in ourselves with one another.
The Plum Village community is delighted to launch Living Gems. After nearly three years of careful collecting, restoring, and organising Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings, the archive is ready to be shared with the world. In a time when our attention is pulled in many directions, it offers a place...
In this article, we hear from Wake Up veteran Elli Weisbaum, one of our tradition’s youngest lay Dharma teachers, who received the lamp transmission in March 2025.
Mick McEvoy of the Happy Farm and Plum Village Rewilding Project shares insights and offers simple, nourishing practices and reflections inspired by winter.
How can mindfulness practice support a more loving world? How can we cultivate resilience and mindful resistance in these times? In this article we share a recent panel discussion - between Brother Phap Huu, Sister True Dedication, Brother Spirit and climate leader Christiana Figueres.
Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year 2026.
The 90-day Rains Retreat 2025 - 2026 has concluded, marking a period of deep study, practice, and transformation for our beloved community.
Honoring the life of our beloved teacher Thay, we explore the teachings of Engaged Buddhism in the Plum Village Tradition.
Our big retreats in Plum Village rely on the support of volunteers, another beautiful component of our multifold sangha and a clear reflection of our interbeing.
During the recent Christmas Holiday and New Year's retreats (20 December, 2025 - 3 January, 2026), we gathered as a multifold community to practice mindfulness and celebrate our togetherness.
As we begin 2026, we present the humble beginnings of Plum Village established by our beloved teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh; how we are currently continuing his vision; and our aspirations for the future in being a global spiritual refuge. This month, Plum Village is offering two special opportunities online,...
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.
During this holiday season, we would like to offer an inspiring and timeless Christmas message given by our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh in 2012 about finding our true home within.
In this article, we share about the recent United Nations conference in which Plum Village participated for the advancement and celebration of World Meditation Day on the 21st of December.
In this article, we share an excerpt from a conversation from The Way Out is In Podcast about practicing mindfulness during the holiday season and Christmas time.
In this reflection Sister Chan Trang Lam Hy shares about her practice of running in all kinds of weather as a new Dharma door.
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.
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