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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. [1] [2]
Plum Village Monastery (Lang Mai) Chân Không [t͡ɕən˧ kʰoŋ˧] (born 1938) [ 1 ] is an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist Bhikkhunī ( nun ) and peace activist who has worked closely with Thích Nhất Hạnh in starting the Plum Village Tradition and helping conduct spiritual retreats internationally.
As a boy, he received a formal family name (Nguyễn Đình Lang) to register for school, but was known by his nickname (Bé Em). He received a spiritual name (Điệu Sung) as an aspirant for the monkhood; a lineage name (Trừng Quang) when he formally became a lay Buddhist; and when he ordained as a monk he received a Dharma name (Phùng Xuân).
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His organization was independent and separate from the South Vietnam's Unified Buddhist Church. His sangha was renamed to Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism (Cộng đồng Làng Mai Phật giáo Dấn thân) in 1998. [12] At the end of Vietnam War, Vietnam was unified into a socialist state.
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