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    Plum Village Practice Centers

    • Blue Cliff Monastery

      3 Mindfulness Road
      Pine Bush, NY 12566
      United States 

    • Deer Park Monastery

      2499 Melru Lane
      Escondido, CA 92026
      United States

    • Magnolia Grove Monastery

      123 Towles Rd 
      Batesville, MS 38606 
      United States

    • Stream of Compassion Mindfulness Practice Centre

      670 Concession 20 W, Tiny, ON L9M 0H6, Canada

    • Plum Village

      437 Chemin du Pey
      
24240 Thénac
      France

    • European Institute of Applied Buddhism

      Schaumburgweg 3 Germany
      D-51545 Waldbröl
      Germany

    • Healing Spring Monastery

      2 Rue Pascal Jardin
      77510 Verdelot
      France

    • Maison de l’Inspir

      8 Rue des Fans
      77510 Villeneuve-sur-Bellot
      France

    • Thai Plum Village

      Pong Ta Long
      Pak Chong District
      Nakhon Ratchasima 30130
      Thailand

    • Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism

      Lotus Pond Temp, Ngong Ping
      Lantau Island
      New Territories
      Hong Kong SAR China

    • Stream Entering Monastery

      530 Porcupine Ridge Road 
      Porcupine Ridge VIC VIC 3461
      Australia

    • Mountain Spring Monastery

      2657 Bells Line of Road
      Bilpin NSW 2758
      Australia

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    Our Beloved Teacher

    Deer Park Monastery was established by the Vietnamese Zen Master, Buddhist monk, author, and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. Affectionately known as Thay (pronounced “Tay” or “Tie”), which is Vietnamese for “teacher”, by his students, he entered Tu Hieu Temple as a novice monk at the age of sixteen in 1942.

    Over the years, Thay came to be a global spiritual leader and peace activist. Known as the “Father of Mindfulness” he founded the Plum Village tradition which includes 12 mindfulness practice and monastic training centers around the world.

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    Explore Online Courses

    From time to time we offer multi-week courses related to mindfulness, the teachings and life of Thich Nhat Hanh, and a variety of similar subjects. Please see our schedule of upcoming courses.

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    Plum Village App

    Take the Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village community with you wherever you go. The Plum Village app is designed to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness, and other practices — all through a mobile device.

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