Editing Plum Village Monastery (section)

==Practice==
Aside from practicing Zen Buddhism, The Plum Village practices [[Engaged Buddhism]], an application of buddhist teaching to the current world to help solve social problems. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Buddhism and Social Action: Engaged Buddhism |url=https://pluralism.org/buddhism-and-social-action-engaged-buddhism |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=pluralism.org |language=en}}</ref>
 
The following is the schedule for an average day at Plum Village (Làng Mai):
*5:00 am: Rise
*6:00 am: [[Zazen|Sitting]] and [[kinhin|walking meditation]]
*7:00 am: Breakfast
*9:00 am: Dharma Talk / Class / Presentation / Mindful work period
*11:30 am: Walking meditation
*12:30 pm: Lunch
*1:30 pm: Rest
*3:00 pm: Service (working) meditation
*6:00 pm: Optional dinner
*8:00 pm: Personal study, Happiness Meeting, Beginning Anew
*9:30 pm: Noble silence begins
*10:00 pm: Lights out
Throughout the day, visitors and members of the Plum Village hear the sound of a gong ring through the Upper Hamlet. When this happens all members are expected to cease what they are doing and pause for a moment of mindful silence <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Knibbe |first=Guido |date=2020 |title=Meeting Life in Plum Village – Engaging With Precarity and Progress in a Meditation Center |url=https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3188291/view |journal=Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology}}</ref>