Magnolia Grove Monastery

Magnolia Grove Monastery Magnolia Grove Monastery is a residential monastery and is a Mindfulness Practice Meditation Center A place to sit and relax. "Breathe!
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We openly and warmly welcome the diversity of your experience to this place of refuge and healing - wherever you come from, however you look or identify, whomever you love. Magnolia Grove Monastery is a residential monastery and is simultaneously, Magnolia Grove Meditation Practice Center, a Mindfulness Practice Meditation Center in the tradition of Plum Village, founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi is the realization of a dream held by a compassionate community intent on establishing a center for mindfulness in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Deer Park Monastery in California and Blue Cliff Monastery in New York uphold his tradition. Now, his teaching and methods of practice are taking root in Mississippi. Ten years ago Magnolia Grove was little more than 120 acres purchased by a group of committed individuals and families. With hard work, dedication and coordinated effort they created a large meditation hall with an adjoining commercial kitchen to feed participants, and they built by hand a guesthouse to host 120 laypeople. The vision of the community that built this beautiful practice center was more fully realized when Thich Nhat Hanh accepted Magnolia Grove Monastery as a mindfulness practice center in October 2005. Today, more than thirty monastics from Thich Nhat Hanh’s monasteries are in residence. Magnolia Grove Monastery is a place to practice meditation and mindfulness. It is where every breath we take reminds us of the wonders of life. A place to walk and kiss the earth beneath our feet. A place to rest under a willow tree on an island in a lotus pond. A place to eat together and savor every bite. A place to listen deeply to the sounds of life and the sound of our hearts. A place to work together to build a community of love and understanding. Magnolia Grove is a place where we can stop running, and discover peace with every step we take. A place to remind each one of us that the present moment is a wonderful moment. You are alive"

Office Hours:

While you will continue to get the fastest and most efficient answers to your questions by contacting us by email through office@magnoliagrovemonastery.org, the office staff will be taking phone calls on the following days:

Tuesday : 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

More beautiful moments from our Vietnamese speaking retreat! 🥳
08/11/2025

More beautiful moments from our Vietnamese speaking retreat! 🥳

Dear friends, we invite you to enjoy some moments from our recent retreat for Vietnamese speaking friends.

Kính mời quý thân hữu thưởng thức những hình ảnh đẹp từ khóa tu tiếng Việt vừa qua. Những ngày thực tập cùng nhau đã man...
08/10/2025

Kính mời quý thân hữu thưởng thức những hình ảnh đẹp từ khóa tu tiếng Việt vừa qua. Những ngày thực tập cùng nhau đã mang lại biết bao nụ cười, sự lắng dịu và sự chuyển hoá của tự thân cũng như không ít sự hàn gắn giữa những trái tim cần ôm ấp và nuôi dưỡng. Nguyện cho bình an và thương yêu luôn tiếp tục nở hoa trong mỗi chúng ta.

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Dear friends,
We invite you to enjoy some beautiful images from the recent Vietnamese retreat. Our days of practice together have brought countless smiles, moments of calm, and transformation within ourselves, as well as much healing between hearts in need of being embraced and nourished. May peace and love continue to blossom in each of us.

Dear Friends,Please enjoy some beautiful moments during our Summer Family Retreat in early July. During this retreat we...
08/09/2025

Dear Friends,

Please enjoy some beautiful moments during our Summer Family Retreat in early July. During this retreat we enjoyed arriving within the present moment together in the beloved community, practicing sitting, walking, eating, and relaxation. 🙂

We hope that you enjoy these happy moments and togetherness!

If you are interested in any of our retreats please visit our website: www.magnoliagrovemonastery.org for more information.

What a joyous singing meditation we had this morning! We hope you’ll join us in the near future and enjoy these nourishi...
06/21/2025

What a joyous singing meditation we had this morning! We hope you’ll join us in the near future and enjoy these nourishing mindfulness practice songs with us!

Today is the second day of our Buddhist Youth Retreat. We enjoyed walking meditation despite the occasional light shower...
06/21/2025

Today is the second day of our Buddhist Youth Retreat. We enjoyed walking meditation despite the occasional light shower. What a joy to practice walking meditation with so many young people!

Dear Friends,Today is the first day of our Buddhist Youth Retreat for over 500 retreatants! We are so happy to welcome o...
06/20/2025

Dear Friends,

Today is the first day of our Buddhist Youth Retreat for over 500 retreatants! We are so happy to welcome our Buddhist Youth Groups every two years.

Here is a teaser. More photos to come!

Dear Friends,Have you seen our latest slideshow? We’ve captured some precious moments of our monastery’s growth this spr...
06/04/2025

Dear Friends,

Have you seen our latest slideshow? We’ve captured some precious moments of our monastery’s growth this spring and would like to invite you to have a glimpse. Come check It out!

And we hope to see you at our Community Work Weekend this Saturday and Sunday!

🙏🙏🙏,

-your favorite Magnolia Grove Monastery monastics

Dear Friends,We are at the end of spring and yet our monastery is "springing" full blast with vitality and joy! Alongside our plum and peach blossoms which a...

06/04/2025

Dear Friends,

We are at the end of spring and yet our monastery is "springing" full blast with vitality and joy! Alongside our plum and peach blossoms which are now manifesting as plump fruit and our first lotus blossoms of the season, we are also growing in our various projects, from the kitchen renovation, Thay’s deck renovation, to our latest addition: a brand new nuns’ exercise hut! We invite you to enjoy this slideshow on our Youtube channel at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7jq8cNmvo to see our monastery’s growth in the past few months.

*Stay tuned for part 2 of our slideshow featuring inside our newly renovated kitchen and dining hall!

If you are interested in helping our monastery growth, please consider offering a donation for our Kitchen Renovation (we are sooo close to our goal, just an inch away! 😅).
For more info, please visit: https://magnoliagrovemonastery.org/dining-hall-renovation/

If you would like to help us with our Community Work Weekend on June 7th and 8th, please visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-work-weekend-june-7th-8th-no-day-of-mindfulness-tickets-1389622059989?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you would like to join our day events or a themed retreat, please visit: https://magnoliagrovemonastery.org/2025-year-themed-retreats-and-special-events/

We cordially invite you to join our Sunday Day of Mindfulness: https://magnoliagrovemonastery.org/day-of-mindfulness/

We hope to see you!

With Love,

Magnolia Grove Monastery Monastics 🤗

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123 Towles Road
Batesville, MS
38606

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MAGNOLIA GROVE MONASTERY

Magnolia Grove Monastery is a residential monastery and is simultaneously, Magnolia Grove Meditation Practice Center, a Mindfulness Practice Meditation Center in the tradition of Plum Village, founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi is the realization of a dream held by a compassionate community intent on establishing a center for mindfulness in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Deer Park Monastery in California and Blue Cliff Monastery in New York uphold his tradition. Now, his teaching and methods of practice are taking root in Mississippi.

Ten years ago Magnolia Grove was little more than 120 acres purchased by a group of committed individuals and families. With hard work, dedication and coordinated effort they created a large meditation hall with an adjoining commercial kitchen to feed participants, and they built by hand a guesthouse to host 120 laypeople.

The vision of the community that built this beautiful practice center was more fully realized when Thich Nhat Hanh accepted Magnolia Grove Monastery as a mindfulness practice center in October 2005. Today, more than thirty monastics from Thich Nhat Hanh’s monasteries are in residence.