Hamlets
Today, Plum Village (Làng Mai) is made up of four major residential hamlets. Upper Hamlet (Xóm Thượng) houses approximately 65 monks and laymen, as well as being Thích Nhất Hạnh's residence. Lower Hamlet (Xóm Hạ) houses over 40 nuns and laywomen. Son Ha Temple houses approximately 20 monks, and the New Hamlet (Xóm Mới), 20 minutes away by bus, houses approximately 40 nuns and laywomen.
Plum Village (Làng Mai) has branches in the United States of America: Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York, and Deer Park Monastery (Tu Viện Lộc Uyển) in Escondido, California.
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