Big Bell at Plum Village Hong Kong
Our teacher - Thich Nhat Hanh
Monastics chanting in a Day of Mindfulness
Monastics chanting in front of audiences

Announcement / Friendly Reminders

  1. Temperature in Ngong Ping is 5-7 °C different from that in the downtown, and the weather there can be unpredictable. So please check the latest weather forecast before setting off. You may bring extra clothing/rain gear to keep warm and dry during winter; mosquito repellent and sunblock may be needed during summer.
  2. Please dress in a respectful manner when coming to Lotus Pond Temple or Plum Village Hong Kong/AIAB, which is a monastery, and refrain from wearing revealing clothing such as shorts, tank tops (singlets), tight yoga clothes or V-neck clothes. Loose attires covering shoulders and knees is recommended, as they are comfortable for sitting meditation, and will make all participants and monastic brothers and sisters feel at ease.
  3. If you would like to join our activity, please remember to register. Your kind action will help the monastic for preparation prior. Thank you.
  4. 2025 Summer Retreat (July 16 – 20, 2025) is now open for registration. Children (aged 6 or above), Teens and their parents are welcome to join.  We also welcome adult friends to join as individual.
  5. 2025 Educators Retreat (July 30 – Aug 3, 2025) registration will be opened on June 1, 2025.
Update at 2025-05-31 13:25:47

Upcoming Events

Sunday Day of Mindfulness – 2025.06.08

  •  2025-06-08 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.  

Friday Night Mindfulness Practice (2025 May / June)

  •  2025-06-20 19:00 - 21:00
  •  Zoom / Central
  •  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 May 2nd 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2025 May 16th 19:00 – 21:00 Des Voeux Rd Central, Central Cantonese 2025 June 6th 19:30 – 21:15 Online (Zoom) English 2025 June 20th 19:00 – 21:00 Des Voeux Rd Central, Central 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. Please use the following forms for registration: May 2nd: register here May 16th: register here, form opens at May 9th 00:00 UTC+8 June 6th: register here June 20th: register here, form opens at June 13th 00:00 UTC+8

2025 Summer Retreat – Happiness begins with your lovely smile

  •  2025-07-16 15:00 - 2025-07-20 14:00
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
  •  Please refer to the newsletter

Children (aged 6 or above) and Teens are welcomed to join with parents, as well as individual friends who would like to experience the power of mindfulness. Summer holidays is approaching soon.  Joining a Mindful Retreat is the most precious and unique gift for the whole family especially for children and teens.  In the retreat, all members of the family can explore the practice of mindfulness and learn ways to deal with their everyday circumstances in life, which we cannot learn from schools. Are we able to make ourselves and people around us happy and less stressful in our daily lives?  Are we able to take good care of ourselves or to even pause to look back at ourselves and the situations we are facing? Let us come together and learn how to recognize, accept and transform the unpleasant and difficult issues and or relationships in our life journey. With practicing how to cultivate mutual understanding and love can bring us happy life, good communication in relationships amongst family member, colleagues, etc.  Whether we are married or single, let us explore together the practice of mindfulness and learn how to cope with problems with more calm and clarity, bringing more positive values to our relationships in daily life. In this retreat, we will have the chance to learn teachings and practices of mindfulness to cultivate peace and happiness, inspiration and insight, which are already existing in us. We will practice mindfulness as a way of life, where everything we do like breathing, walking, eating, smiling …. is an act of mindfulness. We will enjoy the beautiful sky, the trees, the walking paths, and the flowers around us. We will listen to Dharma talks and participated in group sharing on how to live fully in the present moment, to deal with negative emotions, and to cultivate togetherness, making our presence a precious gift to our partner, family members, and friends. Through different […]

Educators Retreat 2025 – Happy Teachers Will Change the World

  •  2025-07-30 15:00 - 2025-08-03 14:00
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
  •  HK$2,500

Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism(AIAB) 2025 Educators Retreat – Happy Teachers Will Change the World  July 30, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – August 3, 2025 @ 2:00 pm Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s calligraphy Please join us at Plum Village Hong Kong “Happy Teachers Will Change the World” an educator retreat for both experienced and beginning meditators. This retreat is open to educators, school managers and administrators from elementary through college. During our time together, we shall learn how to build a supportive environment in the workplace and the art of mindful communication – loving speech, deep listening and how to reconcile with others. We will also explore the challenges and successes encountered in bringing mindfulness into education and support one another as a “community of educators” both within the retreat and beyond. In this retreat, we will have the chance to learn teachings and practices of mindfulness to stop and calm ourselves, to look deeply from within, to cultivate peace and happiness, which already existing in us. We will practice mindfulness as a way of life, where everything we do like breathing, walking, eating, smiling …. is an act of mindfulness. We will enjoy the beautiful sky, the trees, the walking path, the flowers around us. We will listen to Dharma talks and participated in group sharing on how to live fully in the present moments, to deal with negative emotions, and to cultivate togetherness, making our presence a precious gift to teachers and students alike. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our mindfulness practices with you, so you can experience more happiness and peace as educators and in your daily life. The tentative schedule is as follows: Date/Time Wed. Jul 30 Thur. Jul 31 Fri. Aug 01 Sat. Aug 02 Sun. Aug 03 5:15 Wake Up 6:00   Sitting & Slow Walking & Reading Discourse Outdoor walking, sitting & breakfast 7:00   10 Mindful Movements & Walking […]

Sunday Day of Mindfulness – 2025.06.01

  •  2025-06-01 09:30 - 17:00
  •  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau
  •  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.

Latest News

AIAB 2025 May / June newsletter

In the midst of the fast pace of living, every once in a while, remember to pause, breathe, and smile 😀.

Published at 2025-05-27 18:00:28

AIAB 2025 March / April Newsletter

In the midst of the busyness of daily life, let us also pause and return to the island within ourselves. With each mindful breath and step, we can touch peace and stability. As spring approaches, new life begins to bloom all around us—let us also take a moment to appreciate these precious wonders of life. In this newsletter, let’s recap on recent events and share upcoming opportunities to practice as a community. Event Recap 1. Van Hanh Temple (Ten Thousand Actions Temple) Open Day It was almost five years since the time that Plum Village Hong Kong received the donation of the Amitabha Temple – now renamed Ten Thousand Actions Temple (萬行寺) in Luk Wu Village. The major renovation of the template is now completed. We held an open-house event for the new temple on Feb 16th. Click here to read more about the origin of Van Hanh Temple, or download the booklet: Van Hanh Temple – Ten Thousand Actions Temple. 2. Lunar New Year From January 28–30, Plum Village Hong Kong joyfully celebrated the Year of the Snake with traditional festivities. Monastic brothers performed lively lion dances, and a delicious traditional food fair was prepared. Monastics also decorated their rooms in unique styles, inviting visitors to enjoy tea and peaceful conversations inside. You can download the latest Chinese New Year couplets here! 3. The Third Anniversary of Thay Ceremony January 22, 2025 marks the third anniversary of Thay’s (Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh) passing. To honor his legacy, Plum Village Hong Kong, along with Plum Village Mindfulness Centers worldwide, held a commemorative event on January 19, 2025. The gathering included meditation, chanting, and heartfelt sharings to reflect on Thay’s teachings of mindfulness, compassion, and peace. Participants expressed deep gratitude for his profound impact on their lives and his contributions to global mindfulness practices. For more details about the memorial service, please read the article on our Teacher Memorial Service. 4. […]

Published at 2025-03-05 11:48:01

Peace is Every Breath – The Blessing Day of Ten Thousand Actions Temple

The following is excerpted from the booklet Van Hanh Temple – Ten Thousand Actions Temple. It was almost five years, since the time that Plum Village Hong Kong received the donation of the Amitabha Temple – now renamed Ten Thousand Actions Temple (萬行寺) in Luk Wu Village, that the major renovation of the temple was completed and a Blessing Day for the Temple was made on June 27, 2024. The monastics of Plum Village Hong Kong gathered at the temple to carry out the blessing ceremony and to have a day of practice. The day of practice started with a sitting meditation and walking meditation in the early morning, the blessing ceremony in the mid-morning, and tea meditation in the afternoon. It was such a joy to see the first activities of the temple being held. In this article, I would like to share about the inspirations for choosing the name Ten Thousand Actions Temple, the root of mindfulness meditation of Plum Vilage, and planned activities for the Ten Thousand Actions Temple. The “Ten Thousand Actions Temple” was formerly known as the “Amitabha House”. Under the management of the Plum Village Hong Kong since 2021, PVHK has spent three years on renovation before renaming ti as the “Ten Thousand Actions Temple” in 2024. Inspirations for choosing the name Ten Thousand Actions Temple (萬行寺) Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) was the founder of the Plum Vilage International Sangha, established in 1982 at Plum Village Mindfulness Meditation Practice Center in France. Plum Village Hong Kong has its root from Plum Vilage France and is a member of the Plum Village International Sangha. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (affectionally called Thay by his disciples) came to Hong Kong six times to propagate the Dharma in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2013. He visited Luk Wu Village in his 2011 trip, visiting and having conversations with monastics in local temples at Luk […]

Published at 2025-03-04 11:22:11

2025 Plum Village HK Activities Summary

Retreats Jan 8 – 12: Wake Up Retreat Apr 17 – 21: Spring Retreat Jul 16 – 20: Summer Retreat Jul 30 – Aug 3: Educators Retreat Oct 22 – 26: Body Mind Retreat Special Sunday DoMs Feb 16: Van Hanh Temple Open Day Feb 23: DoM @ Po Lin Monastery May 4: The Buddha’s Birthday (Vesak) May 25: Rain Retreat Opening Ceremony Aug 17: Rose Ceremony Aug 24: Pavāranā Ceremony Oct 4: Mid-autumn Celebration Education University Hong Kong DoMs Feb 22 Mar 22 Jun 28 Sep 27 Nov 20 Friday Night Practices Mar 7 (online), Mar 21 (Central) Apr 4 (online) May 2 (online), May 16 (Central) Jun 6 (online), Jun 20 (Central) Jul 4 (online) Aug 1 (online), Aug 15 (Central) Sep 5 (online), Sep 19 (Central) Oct 3 (online), Oct 17 (Central) Nov 7 (online), Nov 21 (Central) Dec 5 (online), Dec 19 (Central)

Published at 2025-02-14 11:55:35

2025 Plum Village Chinese New Year Parallels

The following are the 2025 Chinese New Year Parallels from Plum Village. Feel free to print and stick them at home and workplace to nourish mindfulness and good seeds within us 😉 Parallel Verses 2025 – English Parallel Verses 2025 – Chinese Happy Chinese New Year!

Published at 2025-01-25 17:31:44

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