Events for Thay’s One Year Memorial
Dear Friends,
January 2023 marks one year since our beloved Thay’s (Thich Nhat Hanh’s) passing. Here are events around the world to celebrate his life and his continuation in another form. The lunar anniversary is on January 10, 2023, and the solar anniversary is on January 22, 2023, which is also Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.
There are 3 time zones given for each online event: PST (Pacific Standard Time), EST (Eastern Standard Time), and CET (Central European Time). If you live in a different time zone, please calculate accordingly. There are many helpful tools online; here is one example.
Online Events (recordings available):
January 7
4:30pm PST / 7:30pm EST / 1:00am (8 January) CET: Be-In for Thay's Memorial Weekend, Blue Cliff Monastery, New York
January 8
9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST / 6:00pm CET: Memorial Ceremony, Blue Cliff Monastery, New York
10:15am PST / 1:15pm EST / 7:15pm CET: Memorial Ceremony, Deer Park Monastery, California
January 9 & 10
5:00am on 9 January in Vietnam: Tụng Năm Giới Quý Báu (Chanting the Five Precious Precepts), Tổ Đình Từ Hiếu, Vietnam
7:00pm on 9 January in Vietnam: Lễ Tưởng Niệm Thiền Sư Thích Nhất Hạnh (Memorial Ceremony of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh), Tổ Đình Từ Hiếu, Vietnam
2:00pm (Jan 9) PST / 5:00pm (Jan 9) EST / 11:00pm (9 Jan) CET / 5:00am (10 Jan) in Vietnam: Ngồi Thiền Tụng Kinh Sáng (sitting meditation and chanting morning sutras), Tổ Đình Từ Hiếu, Vietnam
7:00pm (Jan 9) PST / 10:00pm (Jan 9) EST / 4:00am (10 Jan) CET / 10:00am (10 Jan) in Vietnam: Cung Tiến Giác Linh, Tổ Đình Từ Hiếu, Vietnam
8:15pm on 10 January in Vietnam: Brief report after the ceremonies in Vietnam by Brother Phap Luu
January 22
1:00am PST / 4:00am EST / 10:00am CET, Memorial Ceremony, Plum Village Monastery, France
In-Person Events:
United States
January 6-8, Memorial Weekend at Blue Cliff Monastery in New York
January 8, Memorial Day at Deer Park Monastery in California
January 10, Memorial Ceremony at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi
January 22, Memorial Ceremony at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi
Europe
January 8, Gedenktag für Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Germany
Asia
January 6-8, ‘A cloud never dies’ Weekend retreat to commemorate Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh at Thai Plum Village, Thailand
January 10, Memorial Ceremony at Tu Hieu Temple in Vietnam