Past Events

•  2026-02-16 17:30 - 2026-02-17 01:30
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  HK$200 per night per person

To celebrate the Year of Horse, Plum Village Hong Kong / Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism welcome you to join our Chinese New Year activities.  Activities will be started from February 16, 2026 (the New Year Eve), to February 18, 2026 (the 2nd day of Horse Year). Please refer to each day schedule and registration in the “Upcoming Events”. All activities are at Lotus Pond Temple, except as stated. February 16, 2026 (Monday, New Year Eve) 16:30 Welcome guests 17:30 Orientation 18:00 Dinner 19:30 Walking Meditation 21:00 Total Relaxation 23:30 Sitting & Welcoming New Year Ceremony If you stay overnight, we invite you to bring along your sleeping bag or bed sheet & pillow case in order to preserve the precious water in washing bed linens. The suggested contribution for the night is $200. Please pay cash upon registration arriving the temple. If you plan to leave after the Ceremony, please arrange for own transportation. Closing of Registration:  February 14, 2026 15:00  

•  2026-02-08 09:30 - 16:30
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  Free (donations are welcome)

Information of the activity 1st week: 5 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony 2nd week: separate activities for Wake Up Group (youth aged 18 to 35)) 3rd week: 14 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony 4th week: Q&A / Children Program Registration link will be open on Monday night approximately 11:00 pm and ended on Friday evening 18:00, or the capacity are fully occupied.  

•  2026-02-01 09:30 - 16:30
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  Free (donations are welcome)

To remember our dear Thay’s passing anniversary, we shall have a special Sunday Day of Mindfulnesss on February 1, 2026.  Hereunder is the tentative schedule. 0930 Orientation 1000 Walking Meditation 1100 Short video of Thay 1145 Ceremony 1230 Lunch 1345 Total Relaxation 1500 Be-In 1630 Farewell

•  2026-01-25 09:30 - 16:30
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  Free (donations are welcome)

Information of the activity 1st week: 5 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony 2nd week: separate activities for Wake Up Group (youth aged 18 to 35)) 3rd week: 14 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony 4th week: Q&A / Children Program Registration link will be open on Monday night approximately 11:00 pm and ended on Friday evening 18:00, or the capacity are fully occupied.

•  2026-01-18 09:30 - 17:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  Free (donations are welcome)

  Information of the activity 1st week: 5 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony 2nd week: separate activities for Wake Up Group (youth aged 18 to 35)) 3rd week: 14 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony 4th week: Q&A / Children Program Registration link will be open on Monday night approximately 11:00 pm and ended on Friday evening 18:00, or the capacity are fully occupied.  

•  2026-01-08 15:00 - 2026-01-11 14:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  HK$2,000

We are very happy to inform that at the beginning of the year 2026, from January 8 – 11, we are going to organize Wake Up retreat for young friends, aged 18 – 40. The theme of this retreat is “Be Free Where You Are”. We will have an opportunity to look deeply at ourselves to find out how to be free whenever we want to.  We will learn the way to cultivate the energy of mindfulness that helps to transform our lives. Mindfulness means being here, present, and totally alive.  It is true freedom – and without this freedom, there is no happiness. Tentative Schedule: Time / Date Thur. Jan 8 Fri. Jan 9 Sat. Jan 10 Sun. Jan 11 5:15 Wake-up 6:00 Guided Sitting Meditation, Slow Walking & Reading Discourse 7:00 10 Mindful Movements & Walking Meditation 8:15 Breakfast 9:15 Working Meditation Packing up & working meditation 10:15 Singing Meditation 10:30 Dharma Talk Q & A & Closing circle 12:30 Lunch 13:45 Total Relaxation Farewell & Happy Continuation of the practice at home 15:00 Registration/ Check- in 15:00 – 16:30 Group sharing 17:00 Game/Hiking Prepare for Performance/ Consultation 18:00 Dinner Dinner in family 19:30 Guided Relaxation / Orientation 5 Mindfulness Trainings Presentation Performance 21:30 Rest – Noble Silence Language: English with Cantonese / Mandarin Translation Accommodation and cost: Accommodation for this retreat is limited to dormitory-room. Participants will be housed in dormitories (bunk beds).  Pillows, bed linens, and blankets are provided.  The cost per person is listed below (in HK Dollars). Room Type (4 days, 3 nights) Dormitory (HKD) Wake Uppers (aged 18 to 40) 2,000.00 Working Meditation: The retreat is held in the monastery. All the preparation and cooking will be done by the monastics and some volunteers. During the retreat, we need help from participants in preparation works like setting up the meditation hall and dining hall, washing up after meals… Participants will be grouped into […]