The Plum Village Tradition Of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

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A global community of mindfulness practice centres offering retreats and teachings on engaged Buddhism and the art of mindful living, founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Honoring the life of our beloved teacher Thay, we explore the teachings of Engaged Buddhism in the Plum Village Tradition.

Our big retreats in Plum Village rely on the support of volunteers, another beautiful component of our multifold sangha and a clear reflection of our interbeing.

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You are welcome to join us for a Day of Mindfulness. These days offer a small taste of Plum Village mindfulness practice.

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Here is the core schedule of retreats and events that will be held at Plum Village France in 2026. We will continue to share more information and registration details in the coming months. We…

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Join the Lower Hamlet Sisters of Plum Village for an inspiring extended 5-day retreat experience online. Suitable for those with study or work commitments.

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We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.

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Join the Lower Hamlet Sisters for stories, music, and prose that express their lived experiences and deep love for the Plum Village community.

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Join us on a 9-day journey of silence and discovery with Plum Village monastics in the Moroccan Desert. The desert is a place where silence becomes a timeless teacher, and peace reveals itself as…

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Join a special 14- day pilgrimage in India, In the Footsteps of the Buddha, with Brother Phap Huu, Plum Village monastics, Dharma teacher Shantum Seth, and The Way Out Is In podcast.

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In February 2026, we warmly invite you to join a special journey to Vietnam to honor and connect with our beloved teacher, Thầy. Together, we will explore the spiritual traditions, history, and culture that…

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We warmly invite friends to join the sisters of New Hamlet for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.

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We welcome you, dear friends, to this week of rejuvenating the body and refreshing the mind as we prepare to greet the Year of the Horse. 

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Join us in Upper Hamlet, home of the brothers, for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.

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We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.

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In February 2026, we warmly invite you to join a special journey to Vietnam to honor and connect with our beloved teacher, Thầy. Together, we will explore the spiritual traditions, history, and culture that…

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Applications are now open for our One Year Happy Farm programme in Upper Hamlet. This new cohort would start late February 2026 and end with Plum Village’s annual Rains Retreat from November 2026 to…

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This week, we invite you to reconnect your mind with your body through the art of calligraphy.

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Join us in Upper Hamlet for one week of practice in silence, coming back to the island within.

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Join this transformative online course, bringing to life the teachings in Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (ZASP). This course will run from 1st March – 19th April…

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We would like to invite Asian people who were born or grew up or have taken roots in the West to explore these questions together during a week of practice (Mar 6 to 13)…

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Join us for a week of monastery life and mindful hikes in the beautiful countryside around Plum Village.

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We would like to invite you to join the brothers of Son Ha for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community during selected weeks in March & May.

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Join the Plum Village monastics in cultivating awareness of body and mind on the snowy mountains of Andorra.

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Join us in Upper Hamlet, home of the brothers, for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.

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Join the Lower Hamlet sisters for a musical journey into the history and intention behind Dharma instruments and chants in the Plum Village tradition, with “hands-on” sessions.

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This retreat from 20th March to 27th March will be focused on transmission ceremonies, open to aspirant OI members, aspirant Dharma Teachers, and their families, sangha members, and anyone wishing to support.

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We would like to invite experienced young practitioners to help create a supportive environment for participants of Themed Week: Mini Wake Up.

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You are invited into a safe space for you to rest, breathe, and reconnect with life’s beauty amidst the storms of grief.

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Dear Young friends (18-35) you are invited to participate in a mini Wake Up from 3-9 April 2026 in Upper Hamlet.

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The Sisters of the New Hamlet will have the great joy of offering a Francophone Retreat from April 3 to 10, 2026 in French.

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We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.

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Japan Pilgrimage Retreat 2026: Walking Home – A Journey of True Presence

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We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.

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We warmly invite friends to join the sisters of Lower Hamlet for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.

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We warmly invite you to return and reconnect with Mother Earth—to find healing, renewal, and joy while helping us cultivate our Happy Farm in the New Hamlet.

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With great joy, we invite you to our 2 weeks of practice on the New Hamlet Happy Farm. We will work with spades and forks and seeds and crops, we will watch the sun…

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We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.

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The Upper Hamlet Community and Happy Farm are excited to offer these 2 weeks of practice: Coming Home to Mother Earth.

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We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us from May 4th – May 18th 2026 as volunteers in the Retreat: Well-being in the body and mind with the…

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We welcome you to join the sisters of New Hamlet (May 8 – May 15) for a one-week retreat: Well-being in the body and mind.

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The Lower Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted to announce a week of practice at the Happy Farm , offering a special hands-on experience in our organic agroecology farm, combined with practice in Lower…

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This retreat is organized by lay practitioners in Italy. From 10th to 16th of May or from 17th to 23th of May 2026 .

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This retreat is for friends with Latin American roots, and will be conducted in Spanish and Portuguese.

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You are invited to come and join the sisters for a week in Lower Hamlet’s garden. With our hands in the earth, breathing fresh country air, together we will wake up to the beauty of…

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From May 27 – June 25, 2026, we would like to invite experienced practitioners to join the volunteer sangha for the biennial June Retreat at Plum Village France.

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Plum Village is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Lower Hamlet community for a 6 weeks – 8 month stay to support us in landscaping and flower gardening.

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This retreat will be a precious opportunity for our world-wide Order of Interbeing family to reunite at Plum Village, France. Week one is open to anyone who is interested in the bodhisattva path of…

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It’s summer…. It’s time to go outside !, let’s join us in 7-day Hiking Retreat. It’s the time to rest, renew, and connect deeply with Nature, Mother Earth This program is specifically offered by…

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We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…

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We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us from July 5 – Aug 5 as volunteers in the 2026 Summer Opening Retreat (July 11 – Aug 3 ).

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We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…

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We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…

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We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…

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We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…

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From July 11th to August 3rd, 2026, Plum Village will welcome adults, families with children and teens, and practitioners of all ages to cultivate the mind of love together.

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This retreat is a peaceful space for young Vietnamese friends who understand Vietnamese to practice together, honoring our ancestral strengths and gently healing what needs care. Open to all genders , the simple program…

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We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…

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We invite you to enjoy our living bodies in movement and to establish your body & mind in the present moment. Tai Chi is a gentle Chinese martial art that has evolved into a…

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We invite educators or those who work in education field whether academic or non-academic. We welcome all gender identities…

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We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us as volunteers from Aug 5 – 19 Aug during Wake Up 2026 Retreat for young people between 18 and…

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We are excited to announce our annual Wake Up retreat from 10th – 17th August open to young practitioner between the ages of 18-35 years.

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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. The Tour du Mont Blanc, one of Europe’s most beautiful hiking circuits, winds through the French, Italian,…

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See all our retreats.

Un-Learning and Re-Wiring the Heart

This Dharma Talk was recorded on 12 June 2025 in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations…

Br Phap Kha

June 12, 2025

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Every Step is a Healing Step: Mindfulness in Motion

This Dharma Talk was recorded on 25th May 2025 in New Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations…

Sr Her Xuan

May 25, 2025

Growing a Heart as Vast as the Ocean 

This Dharma Talk was recorded on 18th May 2025 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Happy Farm Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations,…

Sr Dao Nghiem 

May 18, 2025

More Than Your Story: A Deep Inner Journey of Healing, Joy, and True Freedom

This Dharma Talk was recorded on 13 May 2025 in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France during our Addiction Recovery Retreat. What if you could be free from the story you’ve been telling yourself? In this warm and personal Dharma talk, Br. Pham Hanh invites us on a deep inner…

Br Troi Pham Hanh

May 13, 2025

Breathe and Come Back to Life in the Present Moment

This Dharma Talk was recorded on 4 May 2025 in New Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep…

Sr Tu Nghiem

May 4, 2025

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Tangerine Meditation

Br Phap Linh

December 19, 2024

Coming and going in freedom

Listen to the poem sung by Sister Luc Nghiem

Sr Lực Nghiêm

January 13, 2024

Monastic-Led Deep Relaxation: Embodying Mother Earth

Br. Thien Duc with music by Srs. Hien Tam & Hieu Duc This guided meditation was offered in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village (France) during the Climate Retreat in autumn 2023. Any place where you find yourself listening to this, can be your meditation hall :)

September 13, 2023

With Each and Every Brushstroke: When Art & Meditation Come Together

In this beautiful video, our teacher Thay (Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh) and our abbot Br. Phap Huu share with us how to combine mindfulness and calligraphy to create beautiful art that can inspire and nourish life

Thich Nhat Hanh, Br Phap Huu

June 5, 2023

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What is Mindfulness

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