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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)
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Practice with us
Upcoming Retreats
Below you can find our upcoming in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world.
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2024 Retreats in Plum Village France
An overview of our 2024 retreats in Plum Village France.
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Calendar of Healing Spring Monastery
Healing Spring Monastery brothers would like to welcome you to practice in the weekend. A simple program may help everyone to slow down, recharge and be nourished by peace and happiness.
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Peace in Every Step | Retreat in Greece
During this four-day retreat in Greece, three monastic sisters from Plum Village will share simple yet powerful practices for living with mindfulness and joy.
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Autumn 2024 – General Practice Weeks
We welcome you to join us for one or two weeks this autumn to practice with our monastic and long term lay community in Lower Hamlet.
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Wellbeing in the Body & Mind Weeks (New Hamlet)
We welcome you to join the sisters of New Hamlet for one or two weeks practice on the theme: Wellbeing in the body and mind. There will be two arrival and departure days from…
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Happy Farm Week (Lower Hamlet)
The Lower Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted announce our next one-week retreat combined with hands-on experience on our organic, agroecology farm.
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Happy Farm Retreat (Upper Hamlet)
The Upper Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted to announce our next Happy Farm Experience Week combining a week’s retreat in Upper Hamlet with a special hands-on experience in helping us on our organic, agroecology farm.
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Autumn 2024 – General Practice Weeks
We welcome you to join us for one or two weeks this autumn to practice with our monastic and long term lay community in Upper & Lower Hamlet.
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Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring – Autumn
An opportunity to stay and practice Mindfulness in Healing Spring Monastery. This simple program will allow you to stop, rest, and nourish yourself with peace and togetherness. You will study and practice meditation together…
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Rains Retreat 2024-25
Join us for our 90-day Rains Retreat (2024-25) where we simplify our lives and deepen our mindfulness practice.
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Rains Retreat 2024 – General Practice Weeks
We welcome you to join us for 1 or 2 weeks practice with our monastic and lay residential community in New Hamlet & Lower Hamlet during our Rains Retreat 2024.
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Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring – Autumn
An opportunity to stay and practice Mindfulness in Healing Spring Monastery. This simple program will allow you to stop, rest, and nourish yourself with peace and togetherness. You will study and practice meditation together…
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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…
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Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring – Autumn
An opportunity to stay and practice Mindfulness in Healing Spring Monastery. This simple program will allow you to stop, rest, and nourish yourself with peace and togetherness. You will study and practice meditation together…
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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…
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Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring – Winter
An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. The simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness
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Holiday Retreat 2024: “The World We Are”
Dear Friends, The brothers and sisters of Thai Plum Village are happy to announce the upcoming year-end Holiday Retreat. The retreat entitled “The World We Are” will be held from 24-25 December 2024 to…
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Holiday Retreat: Love in Action | Deer Park monastery
This holiday retreat is an invitation from Deer Park Monastery to rekindle the fire of powerful, inclusive love within ourselves, and to cultivate harmony and peace during this time of great change.
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2025 Retreats & Events in Plum Village France
Here is the core schedule of retreats that will be held at Plum Village France in 2025. We will continue to share more information and registration details in the coming months. We aim to…
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In the Footsteps of the Buddha
A sacred pilgrimage in India to feel what the Buddha felt, see what he saw, and experience what he experienced as a living human being.
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Let That Negative Habit Become Your Mindfulness Bell
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 11 July 2024 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our 2024 Summer Opening Retreat. It is the first talk of the first of three weeks recorded during this retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village…
Br Pháp Hữu
Dharma Talks View All
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Touching the Ultimate: Non-Fear, True Peace and Compassion
This Dharma Talk was recorded on June 14, 2024 in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village France. It is the 8th talk of the series of talks published from the 2024 June Retreat held in Plum Village, France, with the theme: “”Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: Applied Ethics.” Full Retreat Playlist:…
Br Pháp Ứng
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Anger, Despair, Shame and Meaningful Questions in Our Meditation | A Plum Village Q&A session
This Question and Answers session was recorded on June 13, 2024 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France. It is the 7th session of the series of talks published from the 2024 June Retreat held in Plum Village, France, with the theme: “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: Applied Ethics.” The…
Sr Hội Nghiêm, Sr Hiến Nghiêm, Shantum Seth, Phap Xa
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What is an Engaged Buddhist Response to Suffering?
This Dharma Talk was recorded on June 12, 2024 in New Hamlet, Plum Village France. It is the 6th talk of the series of talks published from the 2024 June Retreat held in Plum Village, France, with the theme: “”Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: Applied Ethics.” “In this powerful…
Br Pháp Linh
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Right and Wrong: a Buddhist Perspective
This Panel Sharing was recorded on June 8, 2024 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France. It is the 5th talk of the series of talks given in the 2024 June Retreat held in Plum Village, France, with the theme: “”Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: Applied Ethics.” In this talk,…
Sr Chân Đức
Library
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Monastic-Led Deep Relaxation: Embodying Mother Earth
Br. Thien Duc with music by Srs. Hien Tam & Hieu Duc This guided meditation was offered in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village (France) during the Climate Retreat in autumn 2023. Any place where you find yourself listening to this, can be your meditation hall :)
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With Each and Every Brushstroke: When Art & Meditation Come Together
In this beautiful video, our teacher Thay (Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh) and our abbot Br. Phap Huu share with us how to combine mindfulness and calligraphy to create beautiful art that can inspire and nourish life
Thich Nhat Hanh, Br Pháp Hữu
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