You have arrived,
you are home.
Mountain Spring Monastery was established by
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
to share the practice of mindful living.
2023 Retreats and Special Events hosted by MSM
Save the Date!
January
Sat 14th Earth Cake Wrapping
Sun 22nd Thay’s Memorial Day / Tet
1st Day of the Lunar New Year Sat 28th Visiting the monastery for Tet
Sun 29th Tet Market & Open House
March
Sun 12th MSM 3rd Anniversary!
Sat 18th Wollongong Day of Mindfulness
April
7-10th Mindfulness Retreat
at St Joseph’s, Bringelly
May
Sun 21st Vesak- Buddha’s Birthday
Sun 28th Opening Ceremony of Three-Month Winter Retreat
August
Sun 27th Closing Ceremony of
Three-Month Rains Retreat
September
Sat 16th Wollongong Day of Mindfulness Sun 24th Rose Ceremony Celebration
October
Sat 14th Daylong Retreat
27-30th Mindfulness Retreat at Benedict 16, Grose Vale
November
Sat 18th Wollongong Day of Mindfulness
December
Sun 24th Xmas Eve Day of Mindfulness Thur 28th Dec 2023 - Tue 2nd Jan 2024
Holiday Retreat at St Josephs, Bringelly
Registration required for all events hosted by Mountain Spring Monastery
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU
Mountain Spring Monastery is a place to quiet the mind, look deeply, and enjoy the wonders of life within and around us through the practices of sitting meditation, walking meditation, mindful eating, deep relaxation meditation, and sharing togetherness. We invite all who wish to cultivate peace and happiness in their lives to plan a visit — for a day or for a retreat.
COME HOME
We welcome you to Visit this peaceful oasis.
With advance notice, we are open most days for visits, and you can practice along with the residential community's schedule.
In common with all Plum Village centers worldwide, Mountain Spring Monastery is closed on Mondays.
A DAY OF MINDFULNESS
Enjoy a Day of Peace and Practice – Sundays
Join the monastics of Mountain Spring for a relaxing and rejuvenating Day of Mindfulness - a day in which we come back home to ourselves, relax, and cultivate the energy of mindfulness together as a community.
Each Sunday is different - typically we begin at 9:00am with a Meditation Class, followed by Walking Meditation, Dharma Talk or Precept Recitation, a vegetarian Mindful Lunch, and an Afternoon Activity (e.g. Total Relaxation & Touching the Earth, Dharma Discussion, Sitting Meditation, Tea Mediation, Chanting Class). The day concluding at approx. 3:30pm.
The 1st Sunday of the month we will recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings, the 3rd Sunday of the Month we will recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings.
Give Us The Gift of Your Presence
All in person days of mindfulness and events have limited capacity and preregistration through our online system is required. We will do our best to create opportunities for everyone to come. Please check back regularly for updated events. Join our mailing list to be the first to be notified of
any overnight retreats facilitated by the monastics (offsite).
REGISTER USING THE CALENDAR BELOW
Five Mindfulness Trainings Transmission Ceremony
Sunday February 5th
The Five Mindfulness Trainings remind us of our deep aspiration to live each day with a calm mind and an open heart. They provide invaluable guidelines for mindful living. The Buddha’s precepts encouraged his lay followers to abstain from five actions that create suffering: killing, stealing, engaging in sex with inappropriate partners, lying, and using alcohol and other intoxicants. In the Plum Village tradition, we study and recite the precepts as the Five Mindfulness Trainings, a reformulation for our time by Thich Nhat Hanh. The trainings are guardrails on the path of mindfulness that preserve and encourage our kindhearted practice. Our commitment to the trainings enters us most deeply when we receive them formally, in a Five Mindfulness Trainings transmission ceremony. This transmission publicly joins us with the tradition of mindfulness practice passed from teacher to student in an unbroken line from the Buddha, through many Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese teachers, through Thich Nhat Hanh, to us.
If you'd like to apply to receive any of the Trainings you will need to be present at Mountain Spring on Sunday February 5th for the transmission ceremony and register for the day on the calendar of events and then proceed to fill out the online application at the link listed here - (https://forms.gle/yn3gUG4MA4urKE5CA)