Join us for one or two weeks during our 90-day Rains Retreat where we simplify our lives and deepen our mindfulness practice.
The 90-day Rains Retreat is an annual retreat whose origins date back to the time of the Buddha. It is a time for Buddhist monastics to deepen their studies, practice, heal, and transform. In Plum Village, we also welcome lay friends to join us and participate in the 90-days of practice alongside the monastics. This creates a joyful, community experience, and a time for collective healing and transformation.
A Unique Experience
The Rains Retreat is a wonderful way to deepen your personal practice of mindfulness in the context of community. The emphasis is on practicing as a community as we live, practice, study, and serve.
The longer stay in Plum Village with a full and stable program of practice is an opportunity to better know the community and our way of life.
More about the Rains Retreat at Plum Village
- Read about the “fruits” of the a previous Rains Retreat from monastic and lay participants
- Watch a video made at Upper Hamlet documenting a Rains Retreat
- Listen to an episode of The Way Out is In about Rains Retreats at Plum Village
- Read guidance from Thich Nhat Hanh about practicing during a Rains Retreat
Important information about joining us for a retreat
- Sample schedule
- Accommodation and pricing
- Other practicalities such as transportation, what to wear, what to bring, and meals
Jump To Registration for one week, two weeks, three months
Register for one week
For single women
In Lower Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
In New Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
For single men
In Upper Hamlet [hamlet of the monks]
For couples
In Lower Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
In New Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
In Upper Hamlet [hamlet of the monks]
Jump To Registration for one week, two weeks, three months
Register for two weeks
For single women
In Lower Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
In New Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
For single men
In Upper Hamlet [hamlet of the monks]
For couples
In Lower Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
In New Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
In Upper Hamlet [hamlet of the monks]
Jump To Registration for one week, two weeks, three months
Register for 3 months
For single woman
In Lower Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
** Fully booked: waiting list closed**
In New Hamlet
[hamlet of the nuns]
**Fullly booked: A waiting list has now opened**
For single men
In Upper Hamlet [hamlet of the monks]
** Fully booked: waiting list closed**