True Adornment with Auspiciousness Life Story Sister Chân Thoại Nghiêm (“True Adornment with Auspiciousness”) was born in Vietnam and spent her teenage years there. After graduating from university, she worked in California. During her time in the US, she was an active member of the local Vietnamese Youth Buddhist...
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Sister Chan Giac Nghiem
True Adornment with Awakening Life Story Sister Chân Giác Nghiêm met the Venerable Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) in 1985 during his first teaching in French in Lyon. Since then she has followed his practice and his teachings. A happy wife and mother, she was a geriatric physiotherapist. The...
Adults Summer Opening 2025
From July 10th – August 2, 2025, Plum Village will welcome practitioners of all ages to build a beloved community. While we will host special programs for families with children and teens, there is also a dedicated and full program for adults.
Can you hear Mother Earth?
A special message from Sister Chan KhongPlum Village, July 2016 A DESPERATE CALL FOR HELPFROM MOTHER EARTH Dear Citizens of the Earth, Forty-six years ago, in 1970, I was a young biologist present at a ground-breaking meeting between Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and six leading scientists in Menton...
Feel To Heal Retreat
Join us for the 4-day residential retreat "Feel to Heal" in Canada with the monastics from Plum Village, France.
Mindful Recovery: Every Step is Healing
There is no way to healing, healing is the way. With each mindful breath and each mindful step, we can heal ourselves and cultivate peace, joy and happiness. We welcome anyone on the journey of recovery to find refuge in the practice of mindfulness and community.
Thuis in Plum Village
Een unieke Nederlandse week Voor het eerst nodigt Plum Village de Nederlandssprekende gemeenschap uit om samen met de Nederlandstalige monniken, nonnen en internationale kloosterlingen een bijzondere week te beleven in Plum Village, Upper Hamlet, Frankrijk. Dit is een unieke kans om de serene omgeving van Plum Village te ervaren...
Memories from the Root Temple: Does the Buddha need incense?
How Thay's teacher taught him to light incense when he was a novice and the meaning behind the act.
Wake Up: Jeunes adultes œuvrant pour une société saine et compatissante
Le mouvement « Wake Up ! » est un réseau de jeunes pratiquants dans la tradition du Village des Pruniers qui cherchent à soutenir leur société confrontée aux défis de l’intolérance, la discrimination, le consumérisme, la colère et le désespoir. Cette retraite a également pour but de favoriser la rencontre 2...
Mindfulness Practices for Children
During a typical summer, Plum Village hosts hundreds of families that come with their children to practice mindfulness. We invite you to enjoy a selection of Plum Village practices created especially for children.
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...
Transforming Resentment into Compassion
Brother Dinh Thanh shares his experience of transformation in the field of engaged ethics, thanks to a practice inspired by Thay's teaching.
Come and visit our new practice centre near Paris
Find out about the newest center in the Plum Village Tradition. To meet the needs and wishes of those who would like to come to our centers, we have founded a new monastery an hour east of Paris. We hope to bring the essence of Plum Village, within easy reach...
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.
The Way Out is In
August 12, 2013. 76-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the first dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Happy Teachers will Change the World. Topics Listening to the...
Rains Retreat Opening Ceremony 2021
On September 9 we formally opened the Plum Village Monastery Rains Retreat with the Face-to-Face Ceremony at Upper Hamlet.
The Rains Retreat Begins at Plum Village Monasteries
As the 90-day Rains Retreat begins we share a video that gives a taste of this period for deepening mindfulness practice.
Ceremony to honor Thay on the second anniversary of his transformation
Composed by Dharmacharya Jack Lawlor (True Direction) Guidance on the Aspiration/Spirit of the Ceremony One of the greatest spiritual teachers of our age, of any age, Thich Nhat Hanh, experienced transformation two years ago on January 22, 2022 at the age of 95. For decades, he selflessly shared the Buddha’s...
Being with Painful Feelings (Episode #73)
Welcome to episode 73 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives....
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.
Finding a Spiritual Path (Episode #72)
Welcome to episode 72 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives....
Zen: Meaning in Simplicity (Episode #85)
Welcome to episode 85 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives....
Can we Love and Trust Ourselves? (Video)
Love and trust in ourselves form the basis of a healthy relationship with our inner landscape. Please enjoy three answers that our teacher gives on how we can love and trust ourselves and how to have a 'good' day.
A Christmas message from Sister Annabel (Sister Chan Duc)
It is the Holy Season of Kwanzaa, Christmas, and the New Year; a sacred time for us to celebrate our spiritual roots. For many of us it may be a time of darkness that can only be transformed by spiritual light.
Handling Fear and Discrimination
Brother Phap Huu explains why stopping can be hard and unexpected emotions can surface when we are forced to stay still. He offers insight into how we can respond to our fears as we navigate between lockdown and returning to everyday life. Also, he provides guidance on what to...
Peace Walk in Los Angeles (In-person event)
Please Join for a collective walk in peace and silence with the monastics of Deer Park Monastery in downtown Los Angeles. In the spirit of our teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, each of our peaceful steps generates a collective energy that goes out into the world. Together we...
Bridging Being and Doing (Episode #75)
Welcome to episode 75 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives....
Our life is our message
One of the great gifts of Thich Nhat Hanh is his insistence that the true purpose of Buddhism is not to sit on a cushion in some remote monastery but to use the deep insights of mindfulness to change the world for the better. The term “Engaged Buddhism” was...
An Open Letter Calling for Peace
Read the letter in a different languageFrench, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Greek, Vietnamese, Bulgarian Dear Human Family, Watching the tragedy of war continue to unfold daily in Ukraine, we open our hearts to the suffering of people young and old. As an international community...
The Horse is Technology
November 10, 2013. 94-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Stillwater Meditation Hall, Upper Hamlet of Plum Village. The sangha is preparing for the upcoming 90-day winter retreat. We begin with two chants from the monastics. It is five days before the winter retreat begins at Plum...