Plum Village joyfully offers these parallel verses to welcome Tết, the Lunar New Year of the Horse.   Every Lunar New Year’s Eve, our beloved teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, has established a tradition of offering the sangha a simple poetic couplet in calligraphy which can inspire and nurture our mindfulness practice throughout the year. Thay’s innovation has been to offer the couplet in English, French and Vietnamese (of course including Chinese characters). The Plum Village Community is very happy to continue this beautiful tradition. In Plum Village practice canters all around the world, we print out these calligraphies (keeping the diamond form), paste them onto colourful cards, and pin them up around the dining halls, meditation halls and living quarters in preparation to celebrate the Lunar New Year. We also hang them from early-blossoming Japonica and Plum branches that we bring in to brighten our rooms, as a symbol of the coming spring. While reciting these phrases we can combine each line with our breathing. For example, we can contemplate “Solid as a mountain” as we breathe in, and contemplate “Free as a white cloud” as we breathe out. These words are not a declaration, but a living aspiration that we wish to nurture.   How to Practice with this Year’s Gathas? Solid as a Mountain Breathing in, I see myself as a mountain.Breathing out, I feel solid. This exercise helps us to stand firmly when we are upset by vehement feelings. Whenever we feel despair, anxiety, fear, or anger, we are carried right into the heart of a whirlwind. We are like a tree standing in a gale. If we look up, we shall see our branches bending as if they are about to break and be carried away by the storm. But if we look down at the trunk and the roots, we should know that the roots of the tree are held firmly in the earth, and […]

We warmly invite you to our upcoming Monday Night Practice (MNP) sessions.  There will be six gatherings on the following dates: 26 January 2026 23 February 2026 23 March 2026 27 April 2026 25 May 2026 22 June 2026 Language: The practice will be conducted in Cantonese ONLY. No translation will be provided due to limited staffing. Who Can Join: Open to all levels, from beginners to experienced practitioners. A wonderful opportunity to practice meditation and explore Plum Village teachings. Venue: Flower Market, Prince Edward, Kowloon Registration: Official registration  is required.  Registration opens one week before each event via wakeup FB https://www.facebook.com/wakeup852/  

Retreats 8/1 – 11/1: Wake Up Retreat 3/4 – 7/4: Spring Retreat 15/7 – 19/7: Summer Retreat 5/8 – 9/8: Educators Retreat 21/10 – 25/10: Body Mind Wellbeing Retreat The Registration Window will be open around 1.5 months before the event. Special Sunday DoMs 17/5: The Buddha’s Birthday (Vesak) 24/5: Rain Retreat Face-to-Face (Opening) Ceremony 16/8: Rose Ceremony 23/8: Pavāranā Ceremony 26/9: Mid-Autumn Celebration Education University Hong Kong DoMs 28/2 28/3 23/5 – cancelled 27/6 19/9 21/11 Friday Night Practices (Online in English, Face-to-Face in Cantonese) 2/1 (online), 16/1 (HK Island) 6/2 (online), 20/2 (HK Island) 6/3 (online), 20/3 (HK Island) 3/4 (online), 17/4 (HK Island) 1/5 (online), 15/5 (HK Island) 5/6 (online) 3/7 (online) 7/8 (online), 21/8 (HK Island) 4/9 (online), 18/9 (HK Island) 2/10 (online), 16/10 (HK Island) 6/11 (online), 20/11 (HK Island) 4/12 (online), 18/12 (HK Island) Monday Night Practice @ Prince Edward will be conducted in Cantonese (no translation) Feb 23, 2026 March 23, 2026 April 27, 2026 May 25, 2026 June 22, 2026 Dates for July and afterwards, to be advised

星期五晚共修有新地方了！ 2026 年 1月已開始報名。 感恩這些年來同修們對香港梅村「星期五晚共修@中環」的支持！從2025年 12月開始，我們會在銅鑼灣繼續星期五晚共修。活動名稱更新為「星期五晚共修@港島」 新的場地是租用的，需要大家的支持，建議每位參加者HK$60以協助繳交租金。延續我們的正念的修習，很需要大家的支持。 報名程序亦有所變動。報名連結將於活動兩星期前開放。報名完成後，你會收到一封電郵，內附詳細地址。 請於當晚提早十至十五分鐘到場，安頓。抵達後，請簽到，並在旁邊的小箱內放下你的支助，請自行找續（如需要）。 名額：30 位 截至報名：星期四晚十時正，或名額已滿。 報名報，務必出席。如有任何問題，請電郵至plumvillage.hk@gmail.com

On November 26, 2025, a devastating fire broke out in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, Hong Kong, destroying many homes and numerous lives. Some injured are still in the hospital, while others are waiting for news from their families members who are missing. Whether we know them or not, our hearts ache, feel heavy, and care for those who are suffering and their families. Plum Village Hong Kong will have 7  consecutive nights of meditation practicing with friends, embracing our emotions and share our care and love with others. This is the recording for the 7 nights on-line practice.  Due to the limited time, this page will be updated periodically.   This is an additional message from Thay Linh Cảm on November 29, 2025 after “Walk With Hong Kong : On-line Meditation” “To go through this moment together, we need to be strong and firm physically and mentally. We need to wake up that inner strength in us. To wake it up, we need to be nourished by positive energies of love, understanding, and compassion in order for the healing to be possible for us and those around us. During this time, especially these 3 days of mourning in Hong Kong, every day, when we wake up, we can give rise to thoughts of love and kindness and try to maintain these thoughts as much as we can, so collectively we can send this healing energy to those who suffer. And we can remember one thing that the suffering is there, but allowing ourselves to drown in suffering does not help us get out of it or give us any hope. Individual healing and collective healing energy is very important at this moment to bring more hope for ourselves and all others.”   Hereunder is YouTube linkage for  7 nights: 2025-11-27 Cantonese 粵語 1:50:52 start 開始 2025-11-28 Cantonese 粵語 0:07:29 start 開始 2025-11-29 Cantonese & English 粵語 及 英語 0:24:42 start 開始 […]