Great Bell at Plum Village Hong Kong
Our teacher - Thich Nhat Hanh
Monastics chanting in a Day of Mindfulness
Monastics chanting in front of audiences

News/Friendly Reminders

  1. Temperature in Ngong Ping is 5-7 °C different from that in the downtown, and the weather there can be unpredictable.  So please check the latest weather forecast before setting off and bring extra clothing/rain gear to keep warm and dry.
  2. Please dress in a respectful manner when coming to Lotus Pond Temple or Plum Village Hong Kong/AIAB, which is a monastery. Please refrain from wearing revealing clothing such as shorts, tank tops (singlets), tight yoga clothes or V-neck clothes. Loose attire covering shoulders and knees is recommended.  It is comfortable for sitting meditation, and will make all participants and our monastic brothers and sisters feel at ease.
  3. New articles by sangha members have been uploaded.  Please press the menu at the upper right hand corner → Resources → Sangha Sharing to view.
  4. Wake Up Retreat 2023 for aged 18 to 35 young friends will be held by from December 28, 2023 to January 1, 2024.  Sunday Day of Mindfulness on December 31, 2023 will be cancelled and no activity on January 1, 2024.
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Upcoming Events

Friday Night Mindfulness Practice (2023 Nov/Dec)

  •  2023-12-15 19:00 - 21:00
  •  Zoom / Central

Bi-monthly Theme: The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching – 3 In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh brings his gift of clear and poetic expression to an explanation of the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, and other basic Buddhist teachings. Thich Nhat Hanh’s extraordinary contribution to Buddhism and to life is the way he makes these teachings and practices accessible to everyone, showing us how the very suffering that is holding us down can be the path to our liberation. Dates Date Time (UTC +8) Location Language 2023 Nov 3rd 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2023 Nov 17th 19:00 – 21:00 Central Cantonese 2023 Dec 1st 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2023 Dec 15th 19:00 – 21:00 Central Cantonese The zoom link will be provided upon successful registration. Registration here is only for online practices. Registration for practices in Central will be open on Monday of that week. Please visit this page again by then. Please join 5 minutes earlier to settle ourselves down in silence.

Wake Up Retreat 2023 – Mindfulness Survival Kit 101 (full)

  •  2023-12-28 16:00 - 2024-01-01 14:00
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
  •  $2,000

The Retreat is now full.  If you want to link up in the Waiting List, please send an email with your full name, sex, age, and mobile number to retreats@pvfhk.org.  We shall base on the date and time of your email and arrange your place once there is vacant.  Please note that there may be more vacant closed to the event.   Wake Up is an active global community of young mindfulness practitioners, aged 18-35, inspired by the teachings of Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. We come together to practice mindfulness in order to take care of ourselves, nourish happiness, and contribute to building a healthier and more compassionate society. We are very happy to inform that at the end of this December we are going to organize an International Wake Up retreat for young friends, aged 18-35, to come and join our practices together. We follow the Five Mindfulness Trainings, which are ethical guidelines that offer concrete practices of true love and compassion, and a path towards a life in harmony with each other and the Earth. These guidelines are the foundation of our lives and represent our ideal of service. Therefore, the theme for this retreat is Mindfulness Survival Kit 101. We will have a chance to know and go deeply into these guidelines of the Five Mindfulness Trainings. They are like the set of tools and equipment that we can use to build our spiritual home where we can feel comfortable and peaceful to live in. (“The Mindfulness Survival Kit” is the name of our Teacher’s book on the Five Essential Practices) Tentative Schedule Dec 28, 2023 Thursday Dec 29, 2023 Friday Dec 30, 2023 Saturday Dec 31, 2023 Sunday Jan 1, 2024 Monday 5:15 Wake Up 6:00 Guided Sitting Meditation, Slow Walking, Reading Rest 7:00 10 Mindful Movements, Walking Meditation Five Mindfulness Trainings Transmission 8:00 Breakfast Breakfast 9:15 Working Meditation 10:30 Lecture Q […]

Old Path White Clouds 2024 Pilgrimage in India

  •  2024-02-25 00:00 - 2024-03-10 00:00
  •  India
  •  US$1,900

Dear Sangha members, It is with great joy to inform you that the long-awaited Pilgrimage to India, planned to happen after the finishing of the Old Path White Clouds class (April 2019 – July 2021), is finally manifested. During that 2-years waiting period, we have continued to study in the Applied Buddhism class. More Sangha members joined the class, and thus more members can join the  Old Path White Clouds Pilgrimage. After the first year of the Buddha’s teaching life, the Sangha grew to a community of 1,000 monks. Under the suggestion of Ven. Uruvela Kassapa, the Buddha and the Sangha decided to move to Rajagaha (present day Rajgir). Forty groups of 25 monastics were formed, each group was led by a more experienced monk, to take the walk from Uruvela  to Rajagaha. Along the way, the Buddha and the Sangha did alms rounds, gave teachings, practicing and living together. It was like a mobile monastery. The walk took ten days. In this pilgrimage, we will travel with the same practice spirit. There will be about 10 groups of 20 Sangha members, plus two monastics to guide each group. We will travel as a family with each group for the entire trip. We will have daily mindfulness practices, dharma talks in big group and small groups, groups sharing, opportunities to get in touch with local life and cultures and to visit places that the Buddha and the Sangha lived. We live and practice as a Sangha like in the Buddha time. Because of the time limit and to fully experience the trip, the visiting places will be concentrated on and nearby areas of Varanasi (Deer Park, where the Buddha gave the first teaching), Bodhgaya (where the Buddha enlightened), and Rajgir (Bamboo Forest Monastery, Nalanda University, Vulture Peak). Please see tentative itinerary of the trip, cost and details of the trip in the attached documents. The logistic of organizing of this […]

Sunday Day of Mindfulness – 2023.12.10

  •  2023-12-10 09:30 - 16:30
  •  大嶼山,昂坪,蓮池寺
  •  免費 (歡迎隨喜)

Information of the activity Registration link will be open on Monday night approximately 10:00 pm and ended on Friday evening 18:00, or the capacity are fully occupied.

Sunday Day of Mindfulness – 2023.12.03

  •  2023-12-03 09:30 - 17:00
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
  •  Free

Information of the activity Registration link will be open on Monday night approximately 10:00 pm and ended on Friday evening 18:00, or the capacity are fully occupied.

Latest News

AIAB 2023 December Newsletter

Last month, we were reminded about True Happiness during Thấy Pháp Nguyện’s talk. In December, we will continue with our regular Friday Night Practices and Sunday Day of Mindfulness. Additionally, we provide an update on the Wake Up Retreat: Mindfulness Survival Kit 101, coming at the end of the month. Past Events Sunday Day of Mindfulness (Nov 12th) We had a special guest, Thấy Pháp Nguyện, who was Thây’s attendant stationed in Thailand, visited us in Nov. He gave a Dharma Talk and the topic was “True Happiness”. The followings were some of the highlights: Bring joy to others, smiling to everyone. In morning, afternoon and evening, may all beings you preserved to protect themselves. If I accidentally stepped on you, may you be liberated. What is the foundation of peace? Our teacher Thây said that Peace is Understanding and Love. (For more, refer to the original Fb post). Upcoming Events Friday Night Practices (2023 Dec) In our Friday night practice session, in addition to singing meditation, sitting meditation, walking meditation, and Dharma sharing, we continue reading “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching” by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh in December. Here is the schedule: Dec 1st (Fri), 19:30 – 21:15 UTC+8, Online(Zoom) – English Dec 15th (Fri), 19:00 – 21:00 UTC+8, Central – Cantonese For those interested, please visit our website on the Friday Night Practice to register. Sunday Day of Mindfulness & Christmas Celebration on Dec 24 Sunday Day of Mindfulness is led by AIAB monastics to integrate mindfulness into daily life. Every Sunday, through a series of mindfulness practice activities, we can enjoy the happiness of being present in the moment. In addition, practicing together as a sangha is an enjoyable experience and strengthens our practice. With more details here. Participants can register on the website. If the registration is close, you can also send an email to aiab@pvfhk.org. Christmas and New Year are times when family members […]

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AIAB 2023 November Newsletter

Body-mind Wellbeing Retreat and 14 MT happened in October. We will have our usual practice schedule, and new events such as Education University of Hong Kong 2023 Day of Mindfulness in Nov, Wake Up Retreat: Mindfulness Survival Kit 101 in Dec, and Old Path White Clouds 2024 Pilgrimage in India in Apr 2024. Past Events Body-mind Wellbeing Retreat We just finished the Body-Mind Well-being Retreat “Transfoemarion and Healing” from October 19 – 23. More than 80 friends joined. Other than Hong Kong, we had friends from Malaysia, PRC, USA, etc. The weather on the first day was fine. The next day rained. Temperature dropped a lot to 15-16c. Cool and wet, but it didn’t affect us. Everyone enjoyed the activities in the retreat. From the Morning sitting session, guided sitting meditation, listening to the sutra, working meditation, Dharma talk, lunch, Total Relaxation, dharma sharing and evening activities. The executives of AIAB gave us Dharma talks in three days and Q&A session. The contents are rich and practical. Everyone sat there and listened attentively. Fb post link. Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Transmission Ceremony The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings (14 MT) are a modern distillation of the traditional Bodhisattva precepts of Mahayana Buddhism, created by Thich Nhat Hanh in Saigon in 1966. These Fourteen Trainings outline a way of practicing harmoniously in community followed by residents at all of the international monastic practice centers in the Plum Village tradition. In the weekend of Oct 28 – 29, we are fortunate to have had a 14 MT Transmission Ceremony held in Lotus Pond Temple and ten aspirants vow on taking on The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. Upcoming Events Friday Night Practices (2023 Nov / Dec) In our Friday night practice session, in addition to singing meditation, sitting meditation, walking meditation, and Dharma sharing, we continued reading “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching” by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh in November and December. Here is the schedule: […]

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AIAB 2023 October Newsletter

AIAB celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together with friends once again, after three years due to the epidemic. This month we review the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration happened in September, introduce our usual practice schedule, and the Body-mind Wellbeing Retreat. Past Events Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration – 2023.09.30 Traditionally, Mid-Autumn Festival is to be with our family and friends. Due to the pandemic, we could only stay home and watch the moon in the last two years. We are back this year. AIAB had a Mid-Autumn Festival at Lotus Pond Temple on September 30, 2023 evening, monastics and friends celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. More details. Upcoming Events Friday Night Mindfulness Practice (2023 Oct / Nov) In our Friday night practice session, in addition to singing meditation, sitting meditation, walking meditation, and Dharma sharing, we continued reading “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching” by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh. October Theme: In the Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching – 2. On Nov, we will have a new theme. Here is the schedule: Oct 6th, 19:30 – 21:15 UTC+8, Online(Zoom) – English Oct 20th:cancelled Nov 3th, 19:30 – 21:15 UTC+8, Online(Zoom) – English Nov 17th, 19:00 – 21:00 UTC+8, Central – Cantonese For those interested, please visit our website on the Friday Night Practice. Sunday Day of Mindfulness Sunday Day of Mindfulness is led by AIAB monastics to integrate mindfulness into daily life. Through a series of mindfulness practice activities, we can enjoy the happiness of being present in the moment. In addition, practicing together as a sangha is an enjoyable experience and strengthens our practice. More details here. Participants can register on the website. If the registration is close, you can send an email to aiab@pvfhk.org. Wake Up Monday Night Practice (2023 Oct) We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming MNP (Monday Night Practice) events at the Flower Market. These sessions are open to participants at all levels and provide a wonderful opportunity for […]

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Plum Village HK 2023 September Newsletter

This month we will review the Rose Festival and Paravana Ceremony (closing ceremony of 3 months Rain Retreat) happened in August, introduce our usual practice schedule, and the Body-mind Wellbeing Retreat. We are learning to practice with mindfulness and to make smiling a practice to feel at ease. Past Events Rose Festival Plum Village Hong Kong held the Rose Festival on Aug 20, 2023, inspired by Thấy Thich Nhất Hạnh’s experience in Japan. Around 150 friends attended, celebrating the parental love. Activities included book readings, songs, and love letters. Each participant received a pair of roses. For more details, refer to this Fb post. Paravana Ceremony (closing ceremony of the 3-month Rain Retreat) Paravana Ceremony marked the end of the three-month Rain Retreat for Plum Village monastics. The monastics would then have 10 days off, with Lotus Pond Temple and Bamboo Forest Monastery do not have any schedule nor activities. Regular activities resume on Sep 7, 2023. For more details, refer to this Fb post. Upcoming Events Friday Night Mindfulness Practice (2023 Sep / Oct) In our Friday night practice session, in addition to singing meditation, sitting meditation, walking meditation, and Dharma sharing, we continued reading “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching” by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh. Bi-monthly Theme: In the Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching – 2 Here is the schedule: Sep 1st, 19:30 UTC+8, Online – English – Reading: Eightfold Path: Right Mindfulness (EN) Sep 15th, 19:00 UTC+8, Central – Cantonese – Reading: Three Dharma Seals (CN) Oct 6th, 19:30 UTC+8, Online – English – Reading: The Four Immeasurables (EN) Oct 20th, 19:00 UTC+8, Central – Cantonese – Reading: The Six Paramitas (CN) For those interested, please register here for the online sessions. To register for the offline sessions, please visit our website on the Monday of that week. Wake Up Monday Night Practice (2023 Sep / Oct) We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming MNP (Monday Night […]

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Plum Village HK 2023 August Newsletter

This month we will recap on the Family Retreat and the Educators' Retreat, and continue with our regular Friday Night Practices and Sunday Day of Mindfulness at Lotus Pond Temple. We are learning to make mindfulness our way of life, enjoying the beauty around us, and deepening our practice day by day.

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