Monasteries and Sanghas
Plum Village
A global community of mindfulness practice centers offering retreats and teachings on engaged Buddhism and the art of mindful living.
Blue Cliff Monastery
Blue Cliff Monastery is a mindfulness practice center and monastic training center in Pine Bush, NY.
Dear Park Monastery
Deer Park Monastery is a mindfulness practice center and monastic training center in Escondido, CA.
Magnolia Grove Monastery
Magnolia Grove Monastery was established in Batesville, MS by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh to share the practice of mindful living.
Global Sangha Directory
Local practice communities in the Plum Village tradition.
For a listing of monasteries outside of the United States, visit Plum Village.
Films
I Have Arrived, I Am Home
Made specially for the first anniversary of the passing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, “I Have Arrived, I Am Home” is a new documentary from filmmaker Max Pugh (A Cloud Never Dies, Walk With Me). The film includes footage and commentary on Thich Nhat Hanh’s return to his native Vietnam, where he lived from 2018 until his passing on 22 January 2022. It also traces his continuation through monastic and lay students at Plum Village practice centers around the world.
A Cloud Never Dies
A new biographical documentary of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh narrated by actor Peter Coyote, A Cloud Never Dies weaves together original film and photographic archives, telling the story of a humble young Vietnamese monk and poet whose wisdom and compassion were forged in the suffering of war.
Walk With Me
Directed by Marc J Francis & Max Pugh, ‘Walk With Me’ is a cinematic and immersive exploration into the monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Resources
The Plum Village App
A free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community.
The Mindfulness Bell
The Mindfulness Bell is an inspiration and teaching resource for those practicing mindfulness in daily life.
Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks
Dharma offered by the Venerable Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Parallax Press
Parallax Press is a nonprofit publisher founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation
The Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation works to continue the mindful teachings and practice of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, support our mindfulness practice centers around the world, and engage in Sangha (community) building in order to foster peace and transform suffering in all people, animals, plants, and our planet.
The Lotus Institute
Blending Buddhist teachings with science, movement, music, and art. Working together to transform suffering into compassion, peace, resiliency, and joy.
Sangha Building
New Sangha Handbook
Practice handbook for new and growing Sanghas.
Community of Interbeing Manual of Practice
Practice manual for the Community of Interbeing.
Engaged Buddhism
ARISE Sangha
ARISE Sangha (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality, and Social Equity) is a community of mindfulness practitioners and monastics who come together to heal the wounds of racial injustice and social inequity, beginning with looking deeply within ourselves and using the energy of compassion, understanding, and love in action.
Earth Holder Sangha
The Earth Holder Community is a branch of the Plum Village tree that applies Thay’s core teachings on engaged Buddhism, mindful living, social and racial justice, and inter-being with Mother Earth at this time of ecological crisis.
Happy Farms
The Happy Farm is an agroecology project which incorporates regenerative and organic practices. Our farms are located within our mindfulness practice centres and communities.
Wake Up Schools
Wake Up Schools supports educators to bring the practices of mindfulness and applied ethics into their own lives so they may be happy and free, and so they may in turn share these practices with colleagues and students in their school communities.
Ordination
Order of Interbeing
Ordained students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.