On October 23, we formally opened the Plum Village Monastery Rains Retreat with the Face-to-Face Ceremony (Ceremony of Refuge) in Upper Hamlet with 249 practitioners (159 monastics and 90 lay friends), committing to practice dwelling peacefully together for 90 days.
From 26 September - 3 October, 2025, New Hamlet hosted our biannual Vegan Mindful Cooking Retreat with this year's theme: Savor Life. It was a week-long journey of mindfulness, global community, and culinary creativity.
From 9 -16 August, 2025, Plum Village hosted our annual Wake Up Retreat for young people aged 18 -35. We welcomed over 800 participants from around the world who gathered together to live simply in nature to heal and restore ourselves and to transform some of our despair, anxiety,...
From July 10th - August 2, 2025, Plum Village hosted our annual Summer Opening Family Retreat, welcoming nearly 2,500 participants from around 50 countries, including children, teens, and practitioners of all ages.
From June 20 to June 27, 2025, Plum Village hosted a transformative retreat in Upper Hamlet and Lower Hamlet with the theme of science and the art of healing.
From June 6 to June 13, 2025, New Hamlet hosted a Wellbeing in Body & Mind Retreat, one of our first big retreats this summer.
From April 19 to April 26, 2025, French-speaking practitioners gathered from many corners of the world to join this precious retreat across the three hamlets of Plum Village, France.
On May 11th, the multifold community at Plum Village, France, gathered in the Lower Hamlet to celebrate Vesak—commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and passing (parinirvana) of Shakyamuni Buddha.
From March 23rd to 28th, 2025, the Still Water Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony was held at Plum Village, France, and live-streamed in connection with Thai Plum Village.
The 90-day Rains Retreat 2024-2025 has concluded, marking a period of deep study, practice, and transformation for our monastic and lay community.
The New Year’s Week at Plum Village was a beautiful opportunity to come together as a community and begin the year with mindfulness and compassion. Over 500 friends and monastics gathered to reflect on the past year, release what no longer serves us, and start fresh with clear intentions....
During this year’s Christmas Holiday Week (December 20–27), we gathered as a community to breathe mindfully, walk in nature, sit in peace, listen with love, and work with joy.
The Tulip Tree Family of seven novice monks and nuns ordained on October 27th in Plum Village France.
We share photos and the collective energy of peace generated by 700 practitioners from our recent retreat for young people.
We invite you to share in moments from the Summer Opening for families. Over these three weeks, more than 2,000 lay practitioners – including 170 teenagers and 480 children came to live in simplicity, cultivating awareness, understanding, and compassion.
We have just completed the June retreat at Plum Village France, with nearly 600 practitioners coming together. Here are some precious moments from the retreat.
On the 19th of May, the community at Plum Village France celebrated Vesak, honoring the Buddha's life and enlightenment.
The 90-day Rains Retreat 2023-2024 has concluded, marking a period of deep study, practice, and transformation for our monastic and lay community.
The "Daffodil Family" of three novice nuns and seven novice monks ordained on November 5th in Plum Village France.
Over 300 educators from Europe and afar gathered for this one week retreat in late August to rest, renew, and connect within and with each other.
We share photos and a first-hand account of our recent retreat for young people.
We invite you to share in moments from the Summer Opening for families. Over these three weeks, more than 2,000 lay practitioners – including 170 teenagers and 480 children came to live in simplicity, cultivating awareness, understanding, and compassion.
In June 2023, Plum Village Monastery, France hosted its first "hybrid" retreat with around 700 practitioners in-person and over 800 practitioners from around the world joining online.
Just a few days ago the Upper Hamlet hosted a group of business people coming from Vietnam. Please enjoy some photos of the retreat.
On the 11th of May, the community at Plum Village Monastery celebrated Vesak, the holiday which commemorates the life and enlightenment of the Buddha.
Dear Manifold Sangha, the community at Plum Village Monastery, France is delighted to share with you some images from the wondrous offerings from the Earth, our Mother.
We recently welcomed over 400 Francophone friends from France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada ... to the first Francophone Retreat since 2019.
Your solid and peaceful presence has been a real support for us during these 90 days. - Brother Phap Huu at the "Ceremony of Invitation" to close the 2022 Rain
We share photos and words from a recent ceremony to ordain five new Dharma teachers in the Plum Village tradition.
Brother Chân Trời Thiện Chí tells the story of a very special present for his mother.
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