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 lower than in town. If you visit Lotus Pond Temple/Bamboo Forest Monastery, please wear warm clothes.
  2. “Pure Land in the Here and Now” Retreat will be held from April 6 to 10, 2023.  Sunday Day of Mindfulness on April 9, 2023 will be cancelled.
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Upcoming Events

EUHK Day of Mindfulness (DOM) – 2023.03.25

  •  2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00
  •  via zoom
  •  free

Day of Mindfulness (DOM) Co-organized by Centre for Religious and Spirituality Education, EUHK   &   Plum Village Mindfulness Academy Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village community recognize the importance of creating sustainable and lasting programs in schools that maintain the happiness and well-being of teachers, administrators, students and parents. We care about your personal well-being and happiness, and believe that this is essential in creating a favourable learning environment. In our extensive work with educators around the world, we have seen that when the teacher is personally supported by mindfulness practice, the positive impact is naturally transmitted into the classroom. Target: all education professionals, students and parents are welcome, regardless of your religious background and teaching experience  Language: English with Cantonese translation Enrollment: https://eduhk.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1NszngA9ESginbg (Deadline for enrolment: Noon of 22 March 2023) The confirmation email with Zoom link will be sent in the afternoon of 23 March 2023 Thank you very much for your continuous support to our Day of Mindfulness. Hope you are able to find the inner peace and enlightenment through this online Mindfulness workshop so that you can face the future life better. For enquiries, please feel free to email us at spiritualityedu@eduhk.hk or aiab@pvfhk.org.   Due to the COVID-19, the face-to-face program is temporarily changed to an online program. Please stay tuned to our latest announcements for updates.

Sunday Day of Mindfulness – 2023.03.26

  •  2023-03-26 09:30 - 16:30
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau
  •  Free

The Day of Mindfulness (DOM) is mainly facilitated by the monks and nuns of AIAB with the intention to bring the practices of Buddhism into daily life. It is a day for us to experience the happiness of the present moment simply by having a series of mindfulness practice activities. The mindfulness practice will help us to become more focus and attentive in our daily life. Practicing together is indeed very happy and enjoyable! The DOM is free-of-charge and welcomes all, regardless of your religious background and experiences. The program of the DOM is temporary adjusted to as follows: Time Program 09:30 Orientation for new friends 10:00 Walking Meditation 11:00 Dharma Talk – 1st to 3rd week Q&A – 4th week 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Total Relaxation 14:30 1st week  – 5 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony & Dharma Discussion 2nd week – Dharma Discussion / separate activities for Wake Up Group (footnote 1) 3rd week – 14 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony & Dharma Discussion 4th week – Q&A / Children Program & Dharma Discussion We will open the space for 80 friends to join the DOM on first-come-first serve basis. Registration window will be open on every Monday 22:00 until Friday 22:00, or seats are fully occupied. Registration will help the monastic to prepare lunch and other activities.  There is no separate email sent as confirmation. Language: English with Cantonese Translation You are encouraged to stay for the whole day to practice and nourish your body and mind. The temperature at Ngong Ping is lower than town, please wear / bring warmth clothes with you, especially for practicing Total Relaxation in the afternoon. Should you have any question, please email to aiab@pvfhk.org. Footnote: Wake Up Group welcomes aged 18 – 35 young people. A separate activities will be led by the monastic.

“Pure Land in the Here and Now” 2023 Spring Retreat – 2023.04.06 to 2023.04.10 IS FULL

  •  2023-04-06 15:00 - 2023-04-10 14:00
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau
  •  HKD2,000

The retreat spaces are fully occupied. You can register for the “Waiting List” by pressing “Register Here”. You are invited to attend the annual Spring retreat held at AIAB – Lotus Pond Temple. The theme of this retreat is Pure Land in the Here and Now, which helps to realize peace and happiness in the here and now, in any moment and any place that we are in. Here is Pure Land, the Pure Land is here. I smile in mindfulness And dwell in the present moment. The Buddha is seen in an autumn leaf, The Dharma in a floating cloud. The Sangha body is everywhere. My true home is right here. Breathing in, flowers are blooming, Breathing out, I am aware that Bamboo is swaying, my mind is clear And I enjoy every moment. In this retreat, we will have the chance to learn the Discourse on the Land of Great Happiness (The Pureland Sutra, Sukhavati-Vyuha Sutra,Taisho Revised Tripitaka 366*), and see how we can realize the pure land in the here and now.  We will practice mindfulness as a way of life, where everything we do like breathing, walking, eating, smiling …. is an act of mindfulness. We will enjoy the beautiful sky, the trees, the walking path, the flowers around us. We will listen to dharma talks and participated in dharma sharing on how to live fully in the present moments and to cultivate togetherness, making our presence a precious gift to ourselves and others. The tentative schedule is as follows: Date/Time Apr 06 Thur. Apr 07 Fri Apr 08 Sat. Apr 09 Sun. Apr 10 Mon. 5:15   Wake Up 6:00   Sitting & Slow Walking & Reading Discourse Outdoor walking, sitting & breakfast 7:00   10 Mindful Movements & Walking Meditation 8:00   Breakfast 9:15   Working Meditation Working Meditation 10:30 Dharma Talk Questions & Answers 12:30 Lunch Lunch 14:00 15:00 – 17:30 Registration Check-In […]

Friday Night Mindfulness Practice (2023 Mar / Apr)

  •  2023-04-21 19:00 - 21:00
  •  Online / Central
  •  Free

2023-03-22 update: Due to coinciding with our April retreat, practice on the first April Friday evening is cancelled. Please attend the practice together on the third week of Friday evening 🙏. Bi-monthly Theme: Taming our Anger Everyone wants Happiness. According to the Buddha’s teaching, the most basic condition to happiness is freedom, freedom from our anger, despair, jealousy, and delusion. In order to be free from anger, we must practice to understand and transform anger. In the coming 2 months, we will be practicing together for the 4 Friday nights and reading Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s book “Anger – Wisdom for Cooling the Flames”. Peactce in oneself, peace in the world. Let’s cool the flame by starting with ourselves. Dates Date Time (UTC +8) Location Language 2023 Mar 10th 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2023 Mar 17th 19:00 – 21:00 Central Cantonese 2023 Apr 7th Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 2023 Apr 21st 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. English poster

Sunday Day of Mindfulness – 2023.03.19

  •  2023-03-19 09:30 - 17:00

The Day of Mindfulness (DOM) is mainly facilitated by the monks and nuns of AIAB with the intention to bring the practices of Buddhism into daily life. It is a day for us to experience the happiness of the present moment simply by having a series of mindfulness practice activities. The mindfulness practice will help us to become more focus and attentive in our daily life. Practicing together is indeed very happy and enjoyable! The DOM is free-of-charge and welcomes all, regardless of your religious background and experiences. The program of the DOM is temporary adjusted to as follows: Time Program 09:30 Orientation for new friends 10:00 Walking Meditation 11:00 Dharma Talk – 1st to 3rd week Q&A – 4th week 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Total Relaxation 14:30 1st week  – 5 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony & Dharma Discussion 2nd week – Dharma Discussion / separate activities for Wake Up Group (footnote 1) 3rd week – 14 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony & Dharma Discussion 4th week – Q&A / Children Program & Dharma Discussion We will open the space for 80 friends to join the DOM on first-come-first serve basis. Registration window will be open on every Monday 22:00 until Friday 22:00, or seats are fully occupied. Registration will help the monastic to prepare lunch and other activities.  There is no separate email sent as confirmation. Language: English with Cantonese Translation Venue: Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island Fee:  Free You are encouraged to stay for the whole day to practice and nourish your body and mind. The temperature at Ngong Ping is lower than town, please wear / bring warmth clothes with you, especially for practicing Total Relaxation in the afternoon. Should you have any question, please email to aiab@pvfhk.org. Footnote: Wake Up Group welcomes aged 18 – 35 young people. A separate activities will be led by the monastic.

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Peace In Every Step, Freedom In Every Smile – Parallel Verses for the Lunar New Year

Peace In Every Step, Freedom In Every Smile – Parallel Verses for the Lunar New Year Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year. Thich Nhat Hanh has established a tradition, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, of offering the sangha a simple poetic couplet in calligraphy that can inspire and nurture our mindfulness practice throughout the year. Thay’s innovation has been to offer the couplet in English, French and Vietnamese. Sangha based on Vietnamese and translated into Chinese, and wrote the calligraphy. The Plum Village Community is very happy to continue this beautiful tradition. Read more about this tradition and print off your own version for displaying around your home: Chinese: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sY2ezYn9eTfNDaI4NOvE35CKCtxSFIje/view?usp=sharing Other languages: Freedom In Every Smile – Parallel Verses for the Lunar New Year There are small amount Chinese, English and Vietnamese couples are ready in AIAB/Plum Village, Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping and the Hanli (16A CKK Commercial Centre, 289 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong). They are free to pick up until last stock.

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2023 AIAB Retreats

Below is the schedule for 2023 retreats.  Detailed information will be released around 1.5 month before the event.  Please pencil down in your calendar. April 6 – 10, 2023 5 days / 4 nights   Spring Retreat Jul 27 – 30, 2023 4 days / 3 nights   Summer Family Retreat Aug 2023 4 days / 3 nights   Educators’ Retreat Oct 19 – 23, 2023 5 days / 4 nights   Autumn Body Mind Health Retreat We look forward to practice with you in the retreat.

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Continuation of Thay’s Compassion and Insight 2022.10.11 …continued

We would like to share the other two phases from Zen Master Thich Nanh Hanh showing on KMB. The sangha gather together today and transformed the bus into the meditation hall.  We practiced singing meditation, listening to Thẩy and Thẩy Pháp Niem’s ‘The Great Bell Chant’. We also had sharing session and chanting ‘May the day be well’.  These four phases also be transformed as free postcards to friends. They are distributed here : 1 AIAB/Plum Village Hong Kong, Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island 2 The Han Lai – 16A CKK Commercial Centre, 289 Hennessy Road, Hong Kong 

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Continuation of Thay’s compassion and Insights 2022 Oct 11

As from October 11, 2022, you may find these Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching stickers on KBM buses. Venerable Cheung Lin took the photos when he joined the Winter Rain Retreat in Plum Village, France.  Venerable also designed the stickers, sponsored by plum Village friends and KBM, the stickers were appeared on Thẩy’s Continuation Day. We wish these quotes will nourishing everyone’s peace and joy.   You are welcome to take photo with them and share with your friends, helping to sow peaceful seeds in everyone’s heart.  

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Notes for Visiting – Prevention & Control of COVID-19

Under Cap. 599F Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation, religious venues are included in the Scheduled Premises. When you visit Lotus Pond Temple, upon arrival, please go to the Dinning hall to use your “Leave Home Safe” mobile application to scan the QR code, and scan your Vaccine Pass If you are not feeling well fail to provide the captioned QR codes for scanning, or invalid Vaccine Pass have positive test result on Rapid Antigen Test or COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Test within 7 days Please stay at home and take rest. Thank you.

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