Upcoming Events

•  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.

•  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 […]

•  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 […]