Honoring Thay
and Celebrating 40 Years of Plum Village
14-Day in-person retreat
3 – 17 June, 2022
You are warmly invited to join us in Plum Village in southwest France as we gather as an international community to honor our teacher and celebrate four decades since the founding of Plum Village in 1982. This two-week retreat will be a special opportunity to generate a powerful collective energy of mindfulness here in the root temple of the Plum Village Tradition as we honor our teacher and the wonderful path of engaged practice he has opened up for us all.
With the presence of Sister Chan Khong and many other elder disciples of Thay we will be nourished by inspiring talks, shared memories and laughter, and the joy of being in this beautiful environment that Thay created and made his home. From a humble, rural homestead in the early 1980s Plum Village has today become a thriving and engaged mindfulness practice center, and the spiritual root of eleven further practice centers on three continents. In this retreat we will enjoy live teachings and celebrations of our flourishing community, as well as formal practices, a Lamp Transmission Ceremony, and a Transmission of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing.
We look forward to practicing together.
Practical Information
- Please note that this is a two-week retreat. To support the stability and collective energy of mindfulness, all participants are asked to stay the full two weeks, and only arrive & leave on the designated days. Arrival day is Friday 3rd June and departure day is Friday 17 June.
- There is an opportunity for experienced practitioners to join us and serve as volunteers supporting the retreat. Please apply here.
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Registration
Use the buttons below to register at one of our three hamlets. You can find more details about our accommodation and pricing here.
Upper Hamlet – Can receive men and couples
New Hamlet – Can receive women and couples
Lower Hamlet – Can receive women and couples
Keeping our Guests and our Community Safe
We continue to be mindful of the situation with Covid-19 and have put in place a number of measures to ensure everybody’s safety.
Please read and review our Health Protocols thoroughly before registering for this retreat.
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Typical Schedule
The schedule will be slightly different from day to day but a typical day will look something like this:
5:00am: Wake Up
6:00am: Sitting Meditation
(followed by Sutra Reading / Touching the Earth / Slow Walking Meditation)
7:30am: Breakfast
9:30am: Dharma Talk / Presentation
11:30am: Walking meditation
12:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Rest / Optional Guided Relaxation
3:30pm: Service Meditation/Dharma Sharing
6pm: Light dinner
8pm: Sitting Meditation/ another collective practice/ Personal study time
9.30pm: Noble Silence begins
10pm: Lights out
There is often time in the early morning or late afternoon for personal exercise (eg. Yoga, Chi Gong, Tai Chi, Jogging) or, depending on the weather, group sports (football, volleyball, frisbee etc).
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More information about our retreats
You can find more information about visiting Plum Village for a retreat on this page.
For practicalities such as transportation, arrival and departure, what to bring and what to wear, please see our practicalities page.