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THE WEEK OF MINDFULNESS RETREAT LUNAR NEW YEAR 2026 (February 13th - 20th, 2026)

THE WEEK OF MINDFULNESS RETREAT LUNAR NEW YEAR 2026 (February 13th - 20th, 2026) Dear Friends,

Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming week of the Lunar New Year 2026 retreat is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from February 13th to 20th, 2026.


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Below is the information for those interested in joining the retreat:

  • Languages: Vietnamese, English, and Thai.

  • The number of retreatants: 350 friends.

  • Instructions for registration: Please click on the link that follows to complete the registration form. The link will be open on October 22nd, 2025 (3:00 P.M. GMT+7, Thailand time).

  • Arrival date: February 13th, 2026 - The Monastery’s representatives will pick you up at the airport on that day between 12:00 P.M. and 03:00 P.M. Therefore, please kindly book your flight that arrives at the airport before 1:00 P.M.

Departure date: February 20th, 2026 - Drop-off transportation service will be available from the Monastery to the airports. The bus will leave the Monastery at 08:00 A.M, so please kindly book your flight that departs after 03:00 P.M. 


Notes: 

  • The Monastery is not responsible for your flight ticket if you decide to settle it before a successful registration is confirmed.

  • You are recommended to arrive and leave the Monastery on the listed arrival dates. We may refuse to enroll any case that comes too late on February 13th, 2026, or any other day earlier or later than this day.

  • The monastery will have a period of monastic practice, so extending your stay will not be possible after February 20th, 2026.

  • To guarantee community practice and activities, the Monastery only receives participants five years old or older. Participants under 18 years old need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian.

  • Please check your passport expiration date before registering.

  • Please read all the information that follows before filling out the registration form. 


A. REGISTERING TO VISIT THE MONASTERY

To visit the Monastery, these are must-haves: 

  1. Registration link: 

To register, please follow the link and fill in the form:



  • The link will be available here and open on October 22nd, 2025, at 3:00 P.M. (GMT+7, Thailand time) and will close automatically when fully booked. 

  • Please note that all individual registrations have to go through our system (we do not take email reservations).

  • Necessary details for registering: email address, date of birth, telephone number, Viber, WhatsApp, or Zalo number (to be convenient to pick you up at the Thai airport), passport number, etc.


  1. Confirmation emails: 

    • After successfully registering on the link above, you will immediately receive an email notification that shows you have successfully registered and provides instructions for you to send us your flight ticket details. You are asked to read thoroughly all the information and all the attached files. 

    • Your flight ticket details should be sent to us before November 22nd, 2025. On November 22nd, 2025, if your flight ticket has not been sent to us accordingly, your registration will be considered CANCELLED.

  2. Health insurance and travel insurance: 

    Depending on your needs, you may consider purchasing health and/or travel insurance when traveling to Thailand. You can consider purchasing travel insurance before traveling abroad (to protect your benefits if you require medical assistance abroad). You can purchase travel insurance packages at a low cost - these packages cover general medical treatment while in Thailand.


To co-create the calm and stable energy of our retreats, you are recommended to arrive and leave the Monastery on the listed arrival dates.


  1. Arrival date: 

    1. For participants who registered “to be picked up at the airport”: 

      • The Monastery’s car will pick you up from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) or Don Mueang Airport (DMK) from 12:00 P.M. to 03:00 P.M. on Friday, February 13th, 2026. 

      • You are suggested to select a flight that arrives in Thailand before 1:00 P.M. If possible, please select one that arrives at about 12:00 P.M., so that after being picked up, you will have more time to rest and be ready for the activities.

      • If you are now living in Thailand or arrive in Thailand before February 13th and cannot arrange your means of transportation to come to the monastery, you can also register “to be picked up at the airport”. Please arrive at BKK airport between 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. on February 13th, 2026.

    2. For participants who registered “will arrive in my own means of transportation” (not having registered “to be picked up at the airport”): 

      • Please arrive at the Monastery on Friday, February 13th, 2026, from 3:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. 

      • We may refuse to enroll any case that comes too late on or any other day earlier or later than this day.


  1. Please note:

    • To help our pick-up team: Please buy a Thai SIM card (or use Wifi) to stay in contact with the Monastery and our pick-up team. 

    • Attention: Around a week before the arrival date, our transportation team will contact you, so please set your messaging application to be able to receive messages from strangers.

    • Upon welcoming you at the appointed assembly point, our pick-up car will go directly to the Monastery. Please wear a face mask for the whole trip; the car will stop once for toilets at a pre-planned public place.


  2. Pick-up fee (between the Airport and the Monastery)

    • The pick-up fee (by van or bus) is around 600 Thai Baht per person per way (or 1,200 Thai Baht per person for two-ways). 

    • If the Monastery needs to arrange a taxi pick-up, the fee is 2,300 - 2,500 Thai Baht/taxi. If you travel with other friends, the taxi fee will be shared. 


  3. Departure date: February 20th, 2026:

    • Our drop-off car will leave the Monastery at 08:00 A.M. To avoid traffic jams, you are suggested to select a flight that departs after 03:00 P.M.


  1. Except for medical emergencies, please do not go out of the Monastery. Please clean your own space regularly according to the instructions of the Monastery.

  2. If you are currently taking any medication, please make sure that you bring it with you.

  3. In case there are not enough rooms, we would like to invite you to stay in the tents prepared by the monastery.

  4. Participants under 18 years old need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian.

  5. As a Buddhist monastery, the internet is not available, so please kindly arrange everything before coming to practice at the monastery.

  6. For more information about regulations at the monastery and important notes, please kindly view here. 


D. MAKING A CONTRIBUTION 

  1. The Monastery is a non-profit practice center. All activities are therefore based on your contributions only. We look forward to receiving your support during the time you stay in the Monastery. Your contributions will support the Monastery to cover the monastics’ daily expenses like food, electricity, water, visas, and health care, too.

  2. For the time being, the estimated expense for your food and accommodation (excluding transportation expense) during the Lunar New Year Retreat is 7,000 Thai Baht per person (for a 7-night stay). For children from 6-12 years old, the estimated expense for food and accommodation (excluding transportation expense) during the Retreat is 5,600 Thai Baht per child per night (for a 7-night stay). 

  3. Contributions can be made in:

    • Cash (Thai Baht or USD) at our Registration office when you arrive. 

    • Bank transfer (Thai Baht Account). 

    • (If you would like to make a transfer before the retreat, please email us at visitus@thaiplumvillage.org to get more information regarding transfer details.)

    • Credit cards are NOT available.     

  

E. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

Please read the information carefully below to prepare for the best visit to Thailand:

  1. If the retreat is unable to take place for whatever reason, the monastery will not refund your flight ticket. The monastery will notify you via email of the retreat's cancellation.

  2. If the situation of COVID-19 becomes complicated and activities like retreats must be canceled, the Monastery will not be allowed to receive and host guests.  Please note that we will not be responsible for your flight ticket and hotel booking.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.  In the case of cancellation, an email of notice will be sent to you.

  3. Images and videos from the retreat will be used for storage and posting on social networking sites and the monastery's website.

  4. Please note: Thai Plum Village Practice Center is a non-profit organization without any support from commercial establishments.  The funding is provided solely by donations from those with kind hearts. Therefore, should you develop any health problems or personal issues (including the case of being infected by Covid-19) that require treatment during your practice and stay in Thailand, please be aware that you will be fully responsible for any expenses incurred.

  5. Thai Plum Village on Google Maps: Click Here


If you have any further questions regarding attending retreats or other Monastery events, please email us at visitus@thaiplumvillage.org.


Thank you very much! We wish you a great Lunar New Year Retreat with a lot of joy and happiness!


Thai Plum Village Registration Office

Breathe and Smile

 
 
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