Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog

Cooking Retreat 2025 ~ Savor Life

From 26 September - 3 October, 2025, New Hamlet hosted our biannual Vegan Mindful Cooking Retreat with this year's theme: Savor Life. It was a week-long journey of mindfulness, global community, and culinary creativity.

Thay’s Continuation Day: A Moment of Gratitude

To celebrate the continuation of our beloved teacher, we are delighted to share these heartfelt reflections of gratitude and transformation, offered by lay friends, monastics, and Dharma teachers across our multi-fold Sangha.

In Loving Memory of Dharma Teacher Tho Ha Vinh

The Plum Village Community would like to express their deep gratitude and honor the life, teachings, and legacy of our beloved Dharma Teacher Tho Ha Vinh (True Great Understanding) in the wake of his passing on the 26th of September, 2025.

Lessons from Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

You are warmly invited to join us as two new cohorts of the ZASP course will be starting soon: in English, 19 October - 7 December, 2025 & en Español, 24 Octubre - 12 Diciembre, 2025.

Walking with Thay in Hiroshima

Eighty years after Hiroshima, Sister Chân Trai Nghiêm reflects on walking through the city with Thay, and on how its deep scars can awaken a collective vow to cultivate peace for generations to come.

Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision: The Village Way as the Beloved Community of Engaged Buddhism

In this article, Brother Phap Dung outlines Thầy’s aspiration and vision for residential spiritual communities as a service and refuge for society.

The Wisdom of Summer: Ripening in Every Moment

Mick McEvoy of the Happy Farm shares insights and offers simple practices inspired by the summer to help you care for your own well-being, and touch the insight of interbeing.

Wake Up Retreat 2025 ~ The Power of Love

From 9 -16 August, 2025, Plum Village hosted our annual Wake Up Retreat for young people aged 18 -35. We welcomed over 800 participants from around the world who gathered together to live simply in nature to heal and restore ourselves and to transform some of our despair, anxiety, and frustration about our current global situation into hope, faith, and renewed aspirations.

The Great Need for Community

We are happy to share this reflection on the great need for community by David Viafora.

Honouring the Light of Larry Ward – True Great Sound

The Plum Village Community is grieving the passing of our beloved Dharma Teacher Larry Ward (True Great Sound). He was a lighthouse of the Dharma, a revolutionary spirit, and a visionary of Engaged Buddhism.