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Days of Mindfulness

You are welcome to join us for Days of Mindfulness. These days offer a small taste of Plum Village mindfulness practice. If you are travelling from further afield, we recommend that you stay with us for at least a weeklong retreat, so you can have a complete introduction to...

Plum Village

Plum Village, near Bordeaux in southwest France, is the largest international practice center in the Plum Village tradition, and the first monastic community founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) in the West. Plum Village is where Thay has realised his dream of building a Beloved Community: creating a healthy, nourishing environment...

Our Hamlets

Plum Village, France is actually composed of three separate monasteries, called “hamlets”. The hamlets are self-contained communities where the monastics and lay practitioners live, eat, practice, work and relax as a spiritual family. All three hamlets come together at least twice a week (on Thursdays and Sundays in the Spring,...

Plum Village Practice Centers

The eleven practice centers and monasteries listed below all practice in the Plum Village tradition and under the direct guidance of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. Our centers are open throughout the year, for short or long stays, to learn the art of mindful living.

Extended Stay

Plum Village is a Buddhist monastery, where both monastics and lay people train in the art of mindful living. The only permanent residents of our community are nuns and monks, but we offer mindfulness retreats year-round, ranging from one week to as long as three months for the Monastic...

The Five Mindfulness Trainings

The Five Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha. They have been expanded and updated so that they represent a way to bring mindfulness into every area of life. Rather than hard and fast rules, they offer us a path to cultivate and...

Healing Spring Monastery

Healing Spring Monastery (Monastère de la Source Guérissante), is a new Plum Village practice center that opened its doors in 2018. It is a charming rural refuge, located in Verdelot in the countryside east of Paris. The buildings were once a 19th Century convent.

Upper Hamlet

Pháp Vân Temple – 法雲寺Address: Village des Pruniers, 437 Chemin du Pey, 24240, Thenac, FranceOffice hours:Varies according to retreat schedule. It is best to send an email and the office team will try to reply within 3-7 days.Contact: Contact Form Note: The Upper Hamlet Registration Office team prefers to...

Plum Village France

Plum Village, near Bordeaux in southwest France, is the largest international practice center in the Plum Village tradition, and the first residential community to be founded by Thich Nhat Hanh in the West.

Practicalities

Arrival and departure Arrival and departure days vary depending on the season. Please arrive before 6pm so you do not miss the first orientation at 7:30pm. To co-create the calm and stable energy of our retreats, please arrive only on the specified Arrival Day. Departure time is between 7am-12 noon on Departure...

Retreats Calendar

Below you can find our upcoming in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world. Please note we do not offer stays outside of the dates on the website. The retreat dates later in the year and/or next year will open for registration closer to the...

Contact Us

Here at Plum Village we receive many more emails than the monks and nuns have the capacity to respond to. We try our best to reply in a timely way, and would like to thank you for your patience and compassion. For Plum Village’s various postal addresses and phone...

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What is Mindfulness

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