In the Meditation Hall
Hello :)
My name is Almut, and my dharma name is Soulful Connection of the Source, but you can call me Almut, haha. I am...
12 Vignettes from Wake Up Humanity Retreat 2022
Abi shares with us their experience of the big Wake Up Humanity Retreat that took place with several hundred young adults in July 2022...
Happy Scientists Change The World
Dr. Rita Issa is a medical doctor living in London, who who works at a center known for its comprehensive approaches to healthcare through...
A Quest for Truth
Monastic Sister Hien Nhan is now twenty-six years old and lives with the sisters in Lower Hamlet. She grew up living across many different...
Choosing Another Path
By Zoé Moulin
I am living in Plum Village as a long-term lay friend for almost two years. My idea with Choosing Another Path was...
How to Practice After Leaving Plum Village
Written
by a Plum Village monastic
Part I
I
wanted to connect with Sanghas outside Plum Village, see what’s going on, and
try to get a sense of...
Learning to Love Myself in Plum Village
Click here to read Mick’s reflection on serving the Happy Farm and Plum Village for several years.
Q: How have you transformed at Plum Village?
Considering...
Burnout to Dharma Bum
Insights from a year living in Plum Village
By Doran from Wake Up Brighton
It’s 4 a.m. I can
feel my heart beating and my whole...
Serving Happy Farm and Plum Village
December 6, 2018 in New Hamlet
Q: Why did you stay for three years in Plum
Village? Did you know in the beginning you’d stay that...
Food and Cooking in Plum Village
Wake Upper Marek from Poland is a passionate cook and currently serves the Sangha in Plum Village as the kitchen coordinator in Son Ha, one of the monks’ residences. In this interview, he shares practices to bring mindfulness into the kitchen and a diet that serves ourselves as well as our planet.
Lessons Learned from Living with Monastics
By Leo Widrich
Have you ever felt like you needed a big reset of your life? Toward the middle of 2017, I found myself in...
Lower Hamlet Happy Farm
The Lower Hamlet Happy Farm brings ecological farming and the Plum Village mindfulness practice together. A team of five long-term friends works on this...
Plum Village, A Mindfulness Village
by Ilse from Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Last Christmas, I experienced a special week in Plum Village, near Bordeaux, in the south of France. I learned...
I Am Everything
Plum Village Children’s Program
By Jadzia Tedeschi
A few shrieks, giggles in the background, a rolling Spanish rrr, some expressive Italian gesticulation, a fresh generation of...
Happy Farmers Change The World
By Mick McEvoy
“Happy Farmers will change the world.” So reads Thay’s calligraphy.
Farming employs over 1.3 billion people throughout the world or close to 40...