This moving letter to the President of France was written by Sister Mai Nghiem, a French nun and Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village Tradition, currently residing at Deer Park Monastery in California. Thay (Thich Nhat Hanh) has often taught us the practice of writing “love letters” to our political...
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Thank you Thay
During the memorial week for Thay, we received an outpouring of gratitude from people all over the world who have been touched by Thay’s teachings. We offer you a selection to read here.
Talk 7: Can You Live A Happy Life?
Ethics has the purpose of finding out what should be done and what should not be done. What is the right thing to do? Thay explores this topic in Talk 7 of our series on Ethics and how we can apply this wisdom to live a happy life.
Summer Opening 2024
We welcome you to cultivate together peace for ourselves and for our children.
A Message from Sister Chan Khong
A special message from Sister Chan Khong
Winter Retreat Opening Ceremony with Thay
On the morning of Tuesday 15th November, Thich Nhat Hanh joined the fourfold community of Plum Village for a very special opening of our annual 90-day Winter Retreat. After missing two years of Winter Retreat in a row, the sangha is delighted that Thay’s health is now strong enough for...
A Short Break Can Go a Long Way
By Deirdre Mullins Over the last few weeks, broadcaster John Murray and Cork hurler Conor Cusack have spoken openly about their struggles with depression. The musician Bressie, rugby analyst Brent Pope and author Marian Keyes have also discussed their own emotional struggles. Thanks to this openness, the stigma about...
Talk 2: A Zen Master’s Lion’s Roar
According to Buddha Shakyamuni, free will is possible. It begins with mindfulness, and we are all capable of walking in mindfulness and breathing in mindfulness. These are concrete practices that help us establish our freedom and make it greater, so we can stop being lost.
Engaging Together for Change: An Invitation
A lens through which to view and contemplate as we act and participate in the collective awakening in our communities. (Letter from Thay Phap Dung.)
Home Practices for the Rains Retreat
A series of practices inspired by the Rains Retreat at Plum Village Monastery.
Parallel Verses – Continuing Thay in the Lunar New Year (Tet)
Plum Village is pleased to present the Parallel verses for Tet (the Lunar New Year 2022), to usher in the Year of the Tiger.
Talk 3: How Can We Know What is Right?
When you produce a thought in the line of Right Thinking, a thought that has no discrimination, that goes along with interbeing, understanding, forgiveness, and compassion, that thought will have an effect right away on your mind, on your health, and on the world.
Be Free Where You Are
Sharing siblinghood and freedom joyfully together. Reflections at our recent LGBTQIA+ Retreat at the Dharma Mountain Center.
Vesak Day 2021
On the 26 of May, Plum Village centers around the world organized ceremonies to celebrate Vesak day. On this day we commemorate the birth of Prince Siddhartha, his enlightenment when he became known as Gautama Buddha, and his death known as parinirvana.
Thay has travelled to San Francisco for treatment
Thay has been able to communicate more clearly a very strong wish to intensify his recovery program. Thay is very determined to do everything possible to recover both his physical movement and speech. After many options were presented to Thay, he made a clear decision to travel to the...
Vows of Love and Action this Rains’ Retreat
Dear Thầy, Dear Noble Sangha Abroad on this precious planet, The monks, nuns, and lay practitioners of Plum Village gathered together, once again, in the Upper Hamlet for the Opening Ceremony of the annual Three Month Rains’ Retreat. It was a powerful and invigorating ritual reminding us how precious...
I Am in Love with Mother Earth
“Every morning in winter when I wake up, I put on some warm clothes and go out to take a walk around the Upper Hamlet. It is usually still dark outside, and I walk gently, in touch with the nature all around me, the sky, the moon, and the...
Celebrating Thay’s Continuation Day Around the World
Today is Thich Nhat Hanh’s 95th continuation day (birthday)! We are delighted to celebrate his continuation day with sharings from members of our community worldwide, practicing in Thay’s footsteps.
Young Practitioners Join the Order of Interbeing
We republish an article from The Wake Up website which recounts the experiences of four Wake Up members in formally receiving the 14 Mindfulness Trainings and joining the Order of Interbeing.
A Webmaster’s Tips for Staying Sane Online
All of us who spend time in front of the computer screen know how easy it is to get lost online. The English Website team, (with countless combined hours spent online!) would like to offer you some of our collective practice for staying sane and mindful.
True Freedom Pen Pal Program
Please enjoy this article about a wonderful program supporting prison inmates with compassionate letter writing and honest exchanges about practicing the Dharma.
I Don’t Run Away Anymore
Thay recently received this beautiful and moving letter from one of his students (a lay man) in Ireland. With permission from the author, Thay asked us to type it up and post it online for the whole community to read. We have transcribed it from the original handwritten letter,...
What Can We Take From This Moment?
Brother Phap Huu reflects on how we can use this time of global suffering as a moment of transformation. He suggests letting go, treasuring our loved ones, and refocusing our care for the planet.
Tangerine of Mindfulness
This is a story that Siddhartha Gautama, popularly known as the Buddha, told the first time to children when he had just founded a Great Way, the Path of Awareness. Please enjoy an excerpt of it from the book Old Path White Cloud. Siddhartha quietly gestured for the children...
Parallel Verses for the Year of the Dragon
Plum Village is pleased to present the Parallel verses for Tet (the Lunar New Year 2024), to usher in the Year of the Dragon.
Happy continuation day, dear Shakyamuni Buddha!
Plum Village community celebrated Vesak on 7th May in the New Hamlet, with over 400 monks, nuns, and lay friends, including the French sangha, and the members of the Order of Interbeing in France. Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and passing away (parinirvana) of Shakyamuni Buddha. In the morning,...
Creating Gathas – Mindfulness at Play
Gathas are short practice poems, that help us bring mindfulness, concentration, and insight to daily activities. Sister Giac An offers a selection of Gathas created recenlty in the Lower Hamlet Sutra class.
At the Foot of the Mountain – the Long-term Lay Retreat 2021
Lily Tolat offers us an account of the recent retreat for lay long term residents of Plum Village, France.
Bamboo Shoots and Tea
As monastics, being invited to drink tea or spend time with our teacher, (affectionately called Thay) are precious occasions. Two sisters, Sr Thuan Nghiem and Sr Thao Nghiem, share memories of what it was like to drink tea and travel with Thay and how they would like to be...
“Sangha is my lifeline right now” – responding to Covid-19
As much of the world is experiencing physical distancing measures there is a heightened need for peace and healing. How are sanghas responding? We asked in the last Plum Village newsletter, and here is what we found out...