Every day, healthcare professionals face stressors that impact them across three different levels. First, healthcare professionals and caregivers absorb the suffering and pain of patients and the people they care for daily. Second, working within the healthcare system means regularly facing inadequate resources, which causes intense stress. Third, healthcare professionals and caregivers are also human beings. They have their own stress, emotions, and personal life challenges

Dear Beloved Friends, The Plum Village Thailand monastic and lay Sangha warmly invites you to join our upcoming retreat, "Finding Peace in Changing Times", hosted at the peaceful Wangree Resort in Mueang District, Nakhon Nayok. Together, let us create a safe and nurturing space to share our life journeys, look deeply into the nature of impermanence, and practice embracing the golden years of aging with grace, peace, and understanding. This is a beautiful opportunity to nouris

REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR HOLIDAY RETREAT (December 25th, 2026 - January 01st, 2027) Dear Friends, Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce the upcoming year-end Holiday Retreat to be opened for registration. The retreat titled “Be free where you are” will be organized from December 25th, 2026 to January 01st, 2027 at Thai Plum Village International Practice Center. Below is the information for those interested in joining the retreat: Languages: O

Dear friends around the world, Instead of saying, “Happy Birthday,” Thay sometimes invited us to say, “Happy Continuation Day.” It is such a fresh and beautiful way of looking at life. For Thay, we are never only an individual who has begun at a particular moment. We are a continuation of our ancestors, our teachers, our loved ones, and all the conditions that have brought us into being. Our practice, our community, and our way of living are also streams of continuation. The

Dear Friends, Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming Week of Mindfulness is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from November 20th to November 27th, 2026. The following are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering for the retreat: Languages: Vietnamese, English, and Thai. The number of retreatants: 150 friends. Instructions for Registration: Please cl

Dear Friends, Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming Week of Mindfulness is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from October 20th to October 27th, 2026. The following are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering for the retreat: Languages: Vietnamese, English, and Thai. The number of retreatants: 300 friends. Instructions for Registration: Please click o

Dear Beloved Sangha around the World, With a lotus and a smile, we warmly greet you from Plum Village Thailand. Our monastery is nestled in Pak Chong, the western gateway to the beautiful Khao Yai National Park in northeastern Thailand. Surrounded by mountains, forests, and open skies, we continue to cultivate peace together while witnessing the steady growth of our new Space Beyond Space Meditation Hall. At the end of July, our monastic community begins the annual Three-M

🌿 Breathe and You Know. Something beautiful is coming. For the first time, Malaysia is hosting a Plum Village International Wake Up Retreat — 5 days of mindfulness, stillness, and community for young people (18-40) from across the world, guided by nuns and monks from Plum Village Thailand in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Malaysia is where tropical rainforests meet warm, open hearts. Come escape the noise of the city and find your stillness in the lush hills of

Contribution Update: "Space Beyond Space" Meditation Hall July 2026 Dear beloved community, "We know you are there, and we are so happy." We are deeply grateful for the generosity flowing from every direction to support our new meditation hall. As we enter the rainy season here in Thailand, the construction is making steady progress. Our team will continue to work and rest mindfully as the rain comes to visit us. Here is our contribution progress as of July 14, 2026: Total

Dear Friends, Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming Week of Mindfulness is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from October 02nd to 09th, 2026. The following are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering for the retreat: Languages: Vietnamese, English, and Thai. The number of retreatants: 150 friends. Instructions for Registration: Please click on the

REGISTRATION FOR ON-SITE PRACTICE AT THE MONASTERY Arrival Day - August 7th, 2026 Dear Friends, Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming Week of Mindfulness for Education Professionals “Understanding is career, Love is life” is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from August 7th to 14th, 2026. The following are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering f

"The meditation hall was not yet ready, yet the practice continued. We discovered once again that the true meditation hall is first built in our hearts." Many years ago, when the Still Water Meditation Hall in Upper Hamlet was being renovated, Thay offered the Dharma Talk outdoors during the Day of Mindfulness. It was a beautiful day. The monastics gathered for chanting, and together we received the Dharma Rain beneath the shade of the six umbrella pine trees. The medit

Contribution Update: "Space Beyond Space" Meditation Hall May 2026 Dear beloved community, "We know you are there, and we are so happy." With the awareness that our friends are breathing in mindfulness with us, we are truly happy. We are deeply grateful for the generosity flowing from every direction to support our new meditation hall. Here is our contribution progress as of May 27, 2026: Total Raised: 18,705,724.41 THB Current Status: We have reached 47% of the way together.

REGISTRATION FOR ON-SITE PRACTICE AT THE MONASTERY Arrival Day - September 18th, 2026 Dear Friends, Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming Week of Mindfulness is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from September 18th to September 25th, 2026. The following are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering for the retreat: Languages: Vietnamese, English,

The rain falls so softly, washing every leaf of every tree, washing every care. Namo 'valokiteshvaraya. These lines come from The Rain, a song composed by Sister Chân Đức (True Virtue), the first Western European nun ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1988. Her song feels very close to what we are experiencing here at Plum Village Thailand. These days, the weather moves like a meditation—bright sunshine suddenly giving way to a generous downpour, then slowly softening into a gent