Upcoming Events

•  2025-12-05 19:30 - 21:15
•  Zoom / In-person
•  Free

Friday Night Practice is a “lite” mindful practice in town. On the first and third Friday of a month, we come together to have Friday Night Practice. We have a chance to practice mindfulness together with others and generate a powerful collective energy that can bring healing and transformation in ourselves and the world with the community after a busy week. Welcome to join us 🙏 Date Time (UTC +8) Location Language 2025 Nov 7th 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2025 Nov 21st 19:00 – 21:00 In-person Cantonese 2025 Dec 5th 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2025 Dec 19th 19:00 – 21:00 In-person Cantonese Joining the practice is free and require no previous experience. The exact zoom link and address of the practice center will be provided upon successful registration. Please join 5 minutes earlier to settle down in silence. On Nov and Dec, we will continue to use the Central practice center for in-person practice. Please use the following forms for registration: November 7th and December 5th: register here November 21st: register here, form opens at November 21st 00:00 UTC+8 December 19th: register here, form opens at December 19th 00:00 UTC+8 If you have further enquiry, please contact the Friday Night Practice coordination team at plumvillage.hk@gmail.com.

•  2025-12-07 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 […]