Visited Plum Village Bordeaux.

Plum village is located in a beautiful, serene, and peaceful hill in Dordogne, France. This Zen Buddhism association was founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese monk in A.C.1982 The village has three hamlets which are available for visitors to stay during their visits. 1. The lower hamlet is for female visitors and practitioners with the accommodations in small houses and tents. 2. The upper hamlet is for monks to live and is also for male visitors to stay at, providing the same facilities as a the lower hamlet. The special place in this hamlet is the Hill of twelve Buddha which is a new hamlet, providing a bigger gathering place that was recently founded due to increase in the large amount of visitors every year. Activities that Plum Village has to offer are as follow: • Meditation practice • Mindfulness practice and classes • Gathering and singing songs on full moon in the summer • Chi Gong exercise with wood stick • Other activities which can be found on the schedule of the village on the website.