as established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and practicing in the Plum Village Tradition

About the Tour

Monastic Teaching Tour 2023

August 9th – October 8th

Deer Park Monastery, Blue Cliff Monastery, and Magnolia Grove Monastery will come together and offer a tour with monastics and lay practitioners in the Plum Village tradition. Retreats will take place at each of the three practice centers and potentially some beyond. 

August 9-13 at Blue Cliff Monastery
Summer Family Retreat with Activities for Educators
August 16-20 at Blue Cliff Monastery
Vietnamese Retreat
August 30-September 3 at Magnolia Grove Monastery
I Have Arrived, I Am Home
September 6-10 at Magnolia Grove Monastery
Nourishing Ourselves, Caring for Others
September 26-October 1 at Deer Park Monastery
The Buddha the Scientist
October 4-8 at Deer Park Monastery
Vietnamese Retreat
Monastic with bell and mountains in the background. Lay friends sitting all around at the stupa of Deer Park Monastery.

Deer Park Monastery

Walking meditation with lay friends at Magnolia Grove Monastery with the meditation hall in the background.

Magnolia Grove Monastery

Monastic leading people on walking meditation across a bridge at Blue Cliff Monastery

Blue Cliff Monastery