Joining the Order of Interbeing
The Order of Interbeing (OI) is a community of monastics and lay people who have committed to living their lives in accord with the...
Support Palestinians to Join Wake Up Retreat 2022
Plum Village is dedicated to creating an environment in which healing, understanding, happiness, and peace can blossom and grow. The brothers and sisters of...
Crumbling the Walls of Separation
by Melanie Gin
In Israel and Palestine, where I lived from December 2018 to March 2020, a vast concrete wall separates Jerusalem from the West...
The Zen of Sourdough Baking
I suppose it is not too wild to assume that this strange time of pandemic has helped some of us uncover some interesting things...
Contact Improv: Connecting awareness through movement
Gal and Charlene are lay practitioners who have traveled the world offering Contact Improvisation. Gal is from Israel and practices Chinese medicine, while Charlene...
Wake Up Brisbane
On a rainy October evening last year, the latest rendition of the Wake Up Brisbane Sangha sounded its first bell. Wake Up Brisbane had...
Tahanan Is Home
Reflections from a Social Worker in the Philippines
For what is my heart yearning? In the winter of 2017, I
remember holding a pen in one...
Building a Community in Jerusalem
4th April 2019
Chen
from Wake Up Jerusalem attended the 2019 Wake Up Ambassadors Retreat in Plum
Village. In this interview, she shares about her experience...
Pilgrim’s Diary in India: Bodhgaya
By Tuong-Vi
"There are four places, the sight of which will arouse strong emotions in those with faith. Here the Tathagatha was born. Here the...
A Plum Village Meditation Centre in Sydney
By Jay Larbalestier
Recently, I had the privilege to spend some time at the new Plum Village affiliated meditation centre in Canoelands, New South Wales. The...
Chocolate Meditation
Savoring Life’s Sweetness
I love to eat, and it is fair to say that I am an advocate of good food. However, I never cared...
Wake Up Melbourne
By Jade Fersterer
Discovering Wake Up
What a happy moment this is, to reflect on the creation and building of Wake Up Melbourne. I remember the...
Be Mindful: Save a Piece of Green in Your Mind
On a weekend where the sky is full of haze, freshness is still all around in Lotus Pond Temple, Lantau Island. A group of...
Flash Mob Meditation in Hong Kong
Young People Promote Slow Living in Bustling Central District in Hong Kong
In the Central Pier where people come and go, around a hundred people...
Community of Young People in Hong Kong
Plum Village Hong Kong (PVHK) is a mindfulness community practice centre established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Monastic Sangha....