Plum Village Monastery

The Plum Village Monastery (Vietnamese: Làng Mai; French: Village des pruniers) is a Buddhist monastery of the Plum Village Tradition in the Dordogne, southern France near the city of Bordeaux. It was founded by two Vietnamese monastics, Thích Nhất Hạnh (a Zen master and Buddhist monk) and Chân Không (a Buddhist nun), in 1982.

Plum Village
Làng Mai
Monastery information
OrderZen
Established1982
People
Founder(s)Thích Nhất Hạnh, Chân Không
Site
LocationThénac, Dordogne, France
Websiteplumvillage.org
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