We are happy to share this reflection on the great need for community by David Viafora.| Plum Village
The Plum Village Community is grieving the passing of our beloved Dharma Teacher Larry Ward (True Great Sound). He was a lighthouse of the Dharma, a revolutionary spirit, and a visionary of Engaged Buddhism.| Plum Village
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…| Plum Village
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.| Photos / – Plum Village
With deep gratitude for the life, teachings, and continuation of Joanna Macy, we offer a selection of excerpts from World as Lover, World as Self in honor of her profound legacy. A life devoted to…| Plum Village
The Five Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha. They have been expanded and updated so that they represent a way to bring mindfulness into every area of life.| Plum Village
Throughout the years, Sister Dieu Nghiem (also known as Sister Jina) has touched the lives of countless young monastics as a beloved elder sister. Here in part 2, a few monastics share some joyful moments with their dear elder sister.| Plum Village
In this heartfelt sharing, Dharma teacher Fern Dorresteyn reflects on the joys and challenges of practicing mindfulness as a parent.| Plum Village
In this article, Dharma Teacher Orlaith O’Sullivan invites us into a playful and contemplative practice that blends imagination with presence and care for our world.| Plum Village
In this article, we explore the Two Promises offered to children during the Summer Opening retreat — simple yet powerful vows that plant seeds of compassion and understanding.| Plum Village
From June 6 to June 13, 2025, New Hamlet hosted a Wellbeing in Body & Mind Retreat, one of our first big retreats this summer.| Plum Village
In this reflection, Brothers Phap Xa and Phap Luu invite us into an experience of sensory awakening through mindful presence — grounded in a seven-week retreat on the Appalachian Trail that inspired their new book, Hiking Zen.| Plum Village
In this article, we explore the first part of an in-depth commentary on the Discourse on Transforming Violence and Fear, which Thay offered through four Dharma talks in Vietnamese during the 2009–2010…| Plum Village
I heard these words of the Buddha one time when he was staying in Savatthi in the Eastern Park, with many well-known and accomplished disciples, including Sariputta, Mahamoggallana, Mahakassapa…| Plum Village
Plum Village recently hosted a "Nourishing our Roots - Young Asians in the West" retreat in which one of the workshops was the challenge of writing Love Letters to Oneself. Here two retreatants share their hearfelt letters.| Plum Village
In this article, we share an introductory excerpt from the new book Calm in the Storm by Br. Phap Huu and Jo Confino — a timely Zen guide for those seeking emotional stability, self-compassion…| Plum Village
In this article Kim Thai interviews Brother Trời Bảo Tạng, a monastic in the Plum Village tradition, who discusses why a non-binary monastic order is needed, and the practice of speaking up and…| Plum Village
Sister Dieu Nghiem (also known as Sister Jina) arrived in Plum Village in 1990. She had first ordained as a monastic in Japan in the Soto Zen tradition. Here, a few monastics share some wondrous…| Plum Village
Ordained as a monk aged 16 in Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh soon envisioned a kind of engaged Buddhism that could respond directly to the needs of society. He was a prominent teacher and social activist in…| Plum Village
In this article, Dharma Teacher Annie Mahon, based in Washington D.C, shares her deep practice of cultivating fierce compassion in the face of fanaticism.| Plum Village
In this nourishing article, Teen Programme volunteer Géraldine M shares about her summer adventure—stepping into a garden of amazing encounters, joyful transformation, and beautifully blooming flowers.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
As we celebrate Vesak, honoring the Buddha's life and enlightenment, Brother Phap Huu reminds us to recognize the awakened nature in ourselves and one another, transform habit energies and reflect on the legacy we offer to the world through our thoughts, speech and actions.| Plum Village
In May 2024, Plum Village hosted the “Nourishing Our Roots” retreat for young Asians in the West. In this article Lê Tiết Khánh reflects on his journey of healing and reconnecting with his Asian roots.| Plum Village
To honour Earth Day, we’re delighted to share insights from Mick McEvoy of the Happy Farm and rewilding projects. Mick offers simple, nourishing practices and reflections inspired by the spring to help you care for your own well-being, and touch the insight of interbeing.| Plum Village
On April 11th, New York City officials co-named a street in honor of our teacher Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, lovingly known as Thay—recognizing his extraordinary contributions to peace, mindfulness, and social transformation in the world.| Plum Village
Today, we celebrate the continuation of our beloved Sr. Chan Khong by sharing a love letter from Sr Chan Duc and three cherished practices. We invite you to choose one that touches your heart and carry forward her spirit of healing, transformation, and service in your life and in the world.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
Sister Bội Nghiêm interviews US Dharma Teachers Valerie Brown and Juliet Hwang to share their experience-based insights on the necessity of BIPOC spaces and groups in cultivating a key sense of safety for practitioners of Color and in preparing the ground for individual and collective transformation and healing.| Plum Village
With joy and gratitude, we are happy to share the newly published Plum Village Newsletter — a fragrant offering of insights, care, and creativity from our global monastic and lay sangha.| Plum Village
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we shine light on inspiring Plum Village practitioners and teachers who share about their work and experience in the practice.| Plum Village
In Being with Busyness, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist and leadership coach Jo Confino examine how mindfulness can help the modern diseases of busyness, overwhelm, and burnout.| Plum Village
Plum Village monastics are going on tour around Europe, North America and Canada. We highlight some of our trips and look forward to practicing with friends in every country.| Plum Village
Our dear friend Karim Manji, one of the founders of plumvillage.org and beloved by many passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Monday, 3rd February. We honour his life dedicated to sharing mindfulness, spiritual activism and continue his immense contributions to the Plum Village Community.| Plum Village
Thay shares his insights on the three kinds of intimacy that can help us create a true home in ourselves and our beloved ones.| Plum Village
In this excerpt from Healing Our Way Home, Lay Dharma teacher Marisela Gomez shares insights about the tension between connectedness and aloneness and the meaning of true refuge.| Plum Village
In the early hours of Thursday 23rd January, the oldest building of Lower Hamlet went up in flames. In this article we share what happened and how you can support us.| Plum Village
Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year.| Plum Village
To mark the 3rd anniversary of Thich Nhat Hanh’s transition we share some deep and touching accounts of how his practices, teachings, and presence have impacted people’s lives.| 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.| Plum Village
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. On New Year’s Eve, we celebrated| Plum Village
Dear Beloved Ancestors, both Spiritual and Genetic, We present ourselves before you at this solemn moment of the New Year to express our gratitude and deep aspiration as a spiritual family.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
A selection of Plum Village practices to keep in your back pocket if you will be spending time with family for Christmas or another holiday.| Plum Village
We offer a selection of teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh and other Plum Village Dharma teachers on embracing the painful feeling of loneliness.| Plum Village
In this article Brother Đức Định shares insights of an ancient practice that waters seeds of generosity, community and gratitude.| Plum Village
Follow along with newly translated talks by Thich Nhat Hanh from 2012/13 which explore the true meanings of what the Buddha taught. In Plum Village monasteries, the Rains Retreat is a tradition that dates from the time of the Buddha. For 90 days, Plum Village nuns and monks stay within the boundaries of their monastery| Plum Village
In this Dharma talk extract, Br. Phap Dung reminds us to look deeply at the stories behind our celebrations and see Thanksgiving not only as a reflection on its history but an invitation to express gratitude and transform suffering.| Plum Village
We are delighted to inform you that the Still Water Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony will be held in Plum Village, France from March 21st to March 28th 2025.| Plum Village
In this article we continue to explore the ways to study and practice Buddhism (Buddhist methodology) to help us become soulmates of the Buddha.| Plum Village
With this interview, we celebrate the life and continuation of Terry Barber who passed away on 9 November 2024. Terry was an editor of Thay's books for more than 20 years, the transcriber of thousands of his talks, and beloved by our multifold Sangha.| Plum Village
On October 18th 2024 Dharma teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo joined Br. Stream in Deer Park to share how we can practice mindfulness in divisive times. This offering is part of a monthly online series on Engaged Buddhism.| Plum Village
In this article we explore the transformative art of deep listening while door knocking in the lead up to the US election from Annie Mahon, an engaged practitioner and Dharma teacher in The Plum Village Tradition.| Plum Village
The Tulip Tree Family of seven novice monks and nuns ordained on October 27th in Plum Village France.| Plum Village
In this article we explore the ways to study and practice Buddhism (Buddhist methodology) to help us become soulmates of the Buddha, or those who can understand the Buddha.| Plum Village
On October 9 we formally opened the Plum Village Monastery Rains Retreat with the Face-to-Face Ceremony at Upper Hamlet with 248 practitioners (142 monastics and 106 lay friends) dwelling peacefully together for 90 days.| Plum Village
As we celebrate the continuation of our beloved teacher, we share with you some heart felt reflections from our monastic siblings and an introduction to the new album from the Plum Village Band.| Plum Village
As an expression of our gratitude to Thich Nhat Hanh and a concrete way to continue his legacy, we offer extracts from the new book How to Listen.| Plum Village
The debut album from Plum Village Band, produced by prolific artist and producer Jack Peñate, recorded at the Plum Village Monastery in France.| Plum Village
Joost Vriens reflects on the connection between mindfulness and being a teacher. He was a teacher at a secondary vocational school for 40 years, supports Wake Up Schools and is a co-founder of a Dutch online Education Sangha.| Plum Village
On Sat Sep 21, International Day of Peace, the Plum Village sanghas in Jerusalem will be offering a Peace Walk at 5pm local time. We invite you to join online for a simultaneous session of sitting meditation, chanting and walking meditation lead by Blue Cliff Monastery.| Plum Village
In this article we discover Thich Nhat Hanh's intimate letters and wisdom with exerts from a new book out on October 15th 2024 via Parallax Press.| Plum Village
Sister Chân Đào Nghiêm reflects on her practice with a treasured friend that helps her on the path of healing, transformation and joy in the present moment.| Plum Village
We share photos and the collective energy of peace generated by 700 practitioners from our recent retreat for young people.| Plum Village
In this article Brother Chân Trời Đức Niệm shares about the 7-week online course “Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet” (ZASP)| Plum Village
Dharma Teacher Jo-Ann Rosen offers practices for wise activism in alignment with the Engaged Buddhist path.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
Thay responds with gentleness and wisdom to heartfelt questions from young practitioners during past annual Summer Opening Retreats.| Plum Village
In this sharing for teenagers (and the “forever teens at heart”), Sister Đẳng Nghiêm shows young people how to take care of their body and mind amidst the rapid changes of adolescence.| Plum Village
We are happy to offer you this sharing on the practice of beginning anew for families as we continue our summer opening retreat here in Plum Village France. A 'beautiful, simple yet deep' practice that has the capacity to bring joy & healing to all.| Plum Village
As we journey through our annual Summer Opening Retreat we hope you enjoy these Dharma stories for children offered by Br. Phap Dung & Br. Pham Hanh in Upper Hamlet.| Plum Village
A sharing from the heart exploring music as a pathway to embrace suffering, look beyond the discriminative mind and water seeds of a new world, where every note in our collective song has the conditions to bloom in safety, peace and harmony.| Plum Village
Dr. Larry Ward shares about caring for our traumatic experiences so we can fully arrive where we are needed.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
In this article we share an excerpt from 'Anger, Despair & Burnout: A Dialogue' featuring questions from Sister True Dedication and responses from Christiana Figueres, a climate leader, Costa Rican diplomat and student of Thich Nhat Hanh.| Plum Village
On June 1st we began our bi-annual two week retreat to deepen our practice of applied ethics. Join us live online as we generate the energy of peace and compassion for everyone suffering in armed conflicts.| Plum Village
Listening is a form of deep looking. When we use our eyes and ears to contemplate, we can see the suffering and pain of others, and suddenly compassion fills our hearts and we are capable of using loving speech.| Plum Village
In 2023, Plum Village monastics went on their first music tour across North America, titled “The Way Out Is In: A Musical Meditation.” It offered a unique blend of contemplative music, poetry and short, inspiring teachings.| Plum Village
On the 19th of May, the community at Plum Village France celebrated Vesak, honoring the Buddha's life and enlightenment.| Plum Village
As we approach Vesak celebrations at Plum Village Centers, we reflect on what it means to take refuge in the Buddha within during challenging times.| Plum Village
In this article Sr. Chan Lac Hanh shares about the journey of reuniting with her beloved omma (birthmother), knowing the right thing to do and how becoming a monastic has opened up a clear path ahead, filled with compassion.| Plum Village
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.| Plum Village
By recognizing what seeds lie sleeping in the depths of our Store Consciousness we can choose what seeds to water and how to practice on this path.| Plum Village
The door of compassion is the door of our hearts. In this article Br. Thay Minh Hy helps us look deeply into how to keep this door open for the benefit of all.| Plum Village
For me, the Happy Farm, the vegetable garden at Plum Village, is a space where the doors to the Dharma are many and where a thousand flavors and colors abound at every moment.| Plum Village
In this article we reflect on the many joys of the 2023 Wake Up Tour in Europe and offer an invitation to join us on the road and on retreat in 2024.| Plum Village
The editorial team had a chance to interview the Daffodil family after their ordination to learn about their journeys, transformations, challenges, and aspirations.| Plum Village
In this article we explore Sr Chan Duc's sharing on how to reconcile through the practices of Beginning Anew, Nonviolent Communication and Forgiveness.| Plum Village
In this article we continue part two of 'Resilience, Community and Spirituality' from our panel sharing with Tho Ha Vinh, Rehena Haril and Satish Kumar| Plum Village
In our current global state, there is much despair, anger, blame, and disappointment. How do you continue to act from a place of love? In this article we explore answers to this question during a panel sharing 'Resilience, Community, and Spirituality'| Plum Village
Thay was asked - How are you able to look out in the world with peace when you see so much suffering? How do you maintain your own sense of peace when you see all that going on around you? ...| Plum Village
Brother Dinh Thanh shares his experience of transformation in the field of engaged ethics, thanks to a practice inspired by Thay's teaching.| Plum Village
Thay said that stress is a great cause of suffering in our time. In this article Sr Chan Duc shares insights into the science of stress, the wisdom of the blackbird and the importance of knowing how to relax.| Plum Village
Tết is the Vietnamese word for the Lunar New Year. In this article we explain some of the ways we celebrate Tết (Wrapping Earth Cakes, Flag Raising, Oracle Reading, Visiting Rooms) and nourishing joy together.| Plum Village
On January 29, more than 400 monastics from all Plum Village centers, alongside venerable monks and nuns of Hue and lay practitioners from over 30 countries gathered in Tu Hieu Root Temple to honor Thay. This grand memorial ceremony recognized Thay as the Fifth Patriarch of Tu Hieu and the founder of the Plum Village| Plum Village
Plum Village is pleased to present the Parallel verses for Tet (the Lunar New Year 2024), to usher in the Year of the Dragon.| Plum Village
How do we find a way forward in the midst of a seemingly hopeless war and darkness?| Plum Village
I am told to take care of the garden left to me by my ancestors. A garden always has beautiful trees and others that are not so healthy. That is the reason why we have to take good care of it.You are my garden, and I know that I should practice as a gardener.I have| Plum Village
