Plum Village: Zen Meditation
Guided Mindfulness, Ad-Free
Free
2.13.1for iPhone, iPad and more
9.9
570 Ratings
Centre for Applied Ethics Ltd
Developer
66 MB
Size
Dec 22, 2023
Update Date
Health & Fitness
Category
4+
Age Rating
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About Plum Village: Zen Meditation
Looking to touch peace, calm and ease in today’s frantic and often stressful world? The Plum Village practices are an invaluable support.
Use mindfulness meditation techniques taught by a renowned Zen Buddhist Master to connect deeply with the present moment, soothe anxiety, experience more joy and happiness, and taste enlightenment.
Explore a wealth of easy-to-use guided meditations, relaxations, and talks.
The Plum Village app enables us to bring mindfulness into our life, so we can live each moment more deeply and create a happier future.
As Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh said, mindfulness allows us to be truly alive.
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Plum Village: Zen Guided Meditation App – Main Features
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• Free forever with no ads or in-app purchases
• 100+ guided meditations
• A customizable meditation timer
• A “Mindfulness Bell” to incorporate into your daily routine
• 300+ video sessions/Q&As with Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachers
• 15 guided meditations for children
• “Favourite” your most loved meditations to find them easily
• Download talks and meditations to the app for easy offline practice
• Track time spent listening to meditations as “Mindful Minutes” in the Apple Health app (if enabled)
The Plum Village app is regularly being updated with new guided meditations and talks. It is completely free to download and all of the content is available for free.
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Plum Village: Zen Guided Meditation App – Main Categories
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The Plum Village app is split into four easy-to-use categories – meditations, talks, resources, and bells of mindfulness:
MEDITATIONS
Meditation is a deep practice that helps us generate peace and calm, master our mind, develop a healthy headspace, and get deep insights into ourselves and the world around us.
Meditations include deep relaxations, guided contemplations, silent meditations, and eating meditations. Whether you have a little time or a lot, and whether you want to be on your cushion or applying mindfulness in your daily life, there are meditations to nourish, inspire, and incorporate into your daily routine.
TALKS
Listen and learn from the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh and other Plum Village meditation teachers
Ask Thay includes hundreds of real-life questions asked to the Zen Master, like “How can we let go of anger? and “How can I stop worrying?” His answers are compassionate and infused with insight.
Dharma Talks are teachings given by Thich Nhat Hanh and others on how to bring Buddhist wisdom and mindfulness into our life. Rather than discussing theoretical concepts, they focus on direct and clear teachings to relieve suffering and create happiness in our day to day lives.
RESOURCES
In Resources you can find a library of daily practices, chants, poems, and songs. These bring to life the practices taught in Plum Village monasteries around the world and offer ways to bring mindfulness into our world, wherever we are.
BELL OF MINDFULNESS
In Plum Village monasteries bells of mindfulness chime at regular intervals. Everybody stops and takes three mindful breaths to pause from their thinking or talking, breathe, and return to their bodies. The Bell of Mindfulness allows us to have the same reminder on our phone.
We can customize the bell to chime at different time periods. Settings include:
• Start time / End time
• Chime intervals
• Bell volume
• Daily repeating schedule
Regular use of the Bell of Mindfulness will cultivate more calm and relaxation in your life.
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Why not give the Plum Village app a try and see how you can benefit from it? The app is a digital companion on your mindfulness journey. Created as a gift to the world, this free app contains invaluable resources to guide you towards inner peace and freedom.
Download today for free!
Use mindfulness meditation techniques taught by a renowned Zen Buddhist Master to connect deeply with the present moment, soothe anxiety, experience more joy and happiness, and taste enlightenment.
Explore a wealth of easy-to-use guided meditations, relaxations, and talks.
The Plum Village app enables us to bring mindfulness into our life, so we can live each moment more deeply and create a happier future.
As Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh said, mindfulness allows us to be truly alive.
==========================================
Plum Village: Zen Guided Meditation App – Main Features
==========================================
• Free forever with no ads or in-app purchases
• 100+ guided meditations
• A customizable meditation timer
• A “Mindfulness Bell” to incorporate into your daily routine
• 300+ video sessions/Q&As with Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachers
• 15 guided meditations for children
• “Favourite” your most loved meditations to find them easily
• Download talks and meditations to the app for easy offline practice
• Track time spent listening to meditations as “Mindful Minutes” in the Apple Health app (if enabled)
The Plum Village app is regularly being updated with new guided meditations and talks. It is completely free to download and all of the content is available for free.
===========================================
Plum Village: Zen Guided Meditation App – Main Categories
===========================================
The Plum Village app is split into four easy-to-use categories – meditations, talks, resources, and bells of mindfulness:
MEDITATIONS
Meditation is a deep practice that helps us generate peace and calm, master our mind, develop a healthy headspace, and get deep insights into ourselves and the world around us.
Meditations include deep relaxations, guided contemplations, silent meditations, and eating meditations. Whether you have a little time or a lot, and whether you want to be on your cushion or applying mindfulness in your daily life, there are meditations to nourish, inspire, and incorporate into your daily routine.
TALKS
Listen and learn from the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh and other Plum Village meditation teachers
Ask Thay includes hundreds of real-life questions asked to the Zen Master, like “How can we let go of anger? and “How can I stop worrying?” His answers are compassionate and infused with insight.
Dharma Talks are teachings given by Thich Nhat Hanh and others on how to bring Buddhist wisdom and mindfulness into our life. Rather than discussing theoretical concepts, they focus on direct and clear teachings to relieve suffering and create happiness in our day to day lives.
RESOURCES
In Resources you can find a library of daily practices, chants, poems, and songs. These bring to life the practices taught in Plum Village monasteries around the world and offer ways to bring mindfulness into our world, wherever we are.
BELL OF MINDFULNESS
In Plum Village monasteries bells of mindfulness chime at regular intervals. Everybody stops and takes three mindful breaths to pause from their thinking or talking, breathe, and return to their bodies. The Bell of Mindfulness allows us to have the same reminder on our phone.
We can customize the bell to chime at different time periods. Settings include:
• Start time / End time
• Chime intervals
• Bell volume
• Daily repeating schedule
Regular use of the Bell of Mindfulness will cultivate more calm and relaxation in your life.
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Why not give the Plum Village app a try and see how you can benefit from it? The app is a digital companion on your mindfulness journey. Created as a gift to the world, this free app contains invaluable resources to guide you towards inner peace and freedom.
Download today for free!
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.13.1
Last updated on Dec 22, 2023
Old Versions
This small update clarifies how to enable content in other languages, and fixes a bug when changing the duration in the meditation timer.
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Version History
2.13.1
Dec 22, 2023
This small update clarifies how to enable content in other languages, and fixes a bug when changing the duration in the meditation timer.
2.13.0
Dec 18, 2023
Welcome to our latest update! Unveiling a brand-new video player and revamped settings screen, meticulously crafted for enhanced clarity and user-friendly navigation. Additionally, we're thrilled to announce the inclusion of Apple Health support for iPads.
2.12.2
Aug 8, 2023
This update improves automatic selection of video subtitles (for example when watching a Vietnamese video, English subtitles are now automatically selected). It also includes small layout improvements and fixes.
2.12.1
Mar 15, 2023
This update improves the order of the retreats list, and fixes some bugs (in particular with audio controls).
2.12.0
Nov 25, 2022
This update adds a Downloads folder, so you can easily access your offline items in one place. We also fixed bugs.
2.11.2
Nov 1, 2022
This update fixes the order of folders and other small bugs.
2.11.1
Aug 31, 2022
In this update we have improved the content update mechanism so that content updates are faster and use less data. We also fixed a number of small bugs.
2.11.0
Jul 6, 2022
This update includes user interface improvements, including a new menu next to each item, improvements to the dark theme, and less distracting content updates. We have renamed the Online Retreats screen to Retreats, listing in-person retreats as well. Meditation Timer sessions are now shown under My Activity.
2.10.1
Mar 20, 2022
This small update contains bug fixes for full screen videos and settings.
2.10.0
Mar 9, 2022
In this update, we have made significant improvements to search, including new options to filter by duration or author. Other improvements include an accessibility option to slow down playback speed, and various small bug fixes.
2.9.0
Nov 30, 2021
In this update we added support for the Bell of Mindfulness on iOS 15, and made improvements to help you keep track of your activity in the app, as well as numerous other small improvements and fixes.
The “My Activity” screen is now available to all (previously it was only available to those who signed in), and we added a simple summary of activity. We also added some settings related to activity, such as whether we show an indicator next to talks or meditations that you previously viewed.
Other improvements include an improved search with a loading indicator. We fixed bugs including a problem with playlists when the screen was locked.
The “My Activity” screen is now available to all (previously it was only available to those who signed in), and we added a simple summary of activity. We also added some settings related to activity, such as whether we show an indicator next to talks or meditations that you previously viewed.
Other improvements include an improved search with a loading indicator. We fixed bugs including a problem with playlists when the screen was locked.
2.8.2
Oct 10, 2021
In this small update we have made improvements and fixes. In particular, playlists now load faster and the experience of adding a track to a playlist is clearer.
2.8.1
Sep 10, 2021
In this small update we have made improvements and fixes. We improved the meditation timer by adjusting the timings of the bell sounds, and remembering your last used settings. We added a status indicator for items you have listened to. We fixed a bug with full screen portrait videos.
2.8.0
Aug 3, 2021
In this update we have added a meditation timer, allowing you to configure different lengths of unguided meditation with interval bells. We hope this will support your regular meditation practice!
We also enhanced other areas including new support for portrait videos, improved content update alerts, and better support for French & Spanish. We improved the configuration of the Bell of Mindfulness, so that most settings (except start and end time) are retained the next time you use it.
We also enhanced other areas including new support for portrait videos, improved content update alerts, and better support for French & Spanish. We improved the configuration of the Bell of Mindfulness, so that most settings (except start and end time) are retained the next time you use it.
2.7.5
May 4, 2021
In this small update, we have added a list of Plum Village retreats. We have also made the app more reliable by fixing small bugs relating to playlists, the audio player, dark mode, and more.
2.7.4
Apr 20, 2021
With this update, we have added a dark mode, made improvements to playlists and subtitles, and made other small improvements.
The new dark mode may be easier on your eyes and can reduce energy usage on devices with OLED screens.
Playlists can now contain the same item multiple times, are easier to manage, and can be played in “shuffle” mode.
We enhanced subtitles, with a new control on the video player that allows you to quickly enable subtitles where available. Subtitles are also now available for offline videos.
Finally, we added language settings so that if you wish, you can choose to prefer French or Spanish content, or to hide other languages.
Version 2.7.4 fixes a bug with scrolling the Bell of Mindfulness.
The new dark mode may be easier on your eyes and can reduce energy usage on devices with OLED screens.
Playlists can now contain the same item multiple times, are easier to manage, and can be played in “shuffle” mode.
We enhanced subtitles, with a new control on the video player that allows you to quickly enable subtitles where available. Subtitles are also now available for offline videos.
Finally, we added language settings so that if you wish, you can choose to prefer French or Spanish content, or to hide other languages.
Version 2.7.4 fixes a bug with scrolling the Bell of Mindfulness.
2.7.2
Apr 15, 2021
With this update, we have added a dark mode, made improvements to playlists and subtitles, and made other small improvements.
The new dark mode may be easier on your eyes and can reduce energy usage on devices with OLED screens.
Playlists can now contain the same item multiple times, are easier to manage, and can be played in “shuffle” mode.
We enhanced subtitles, with a new control on the video player that allows you to quickly enable subtitles where available. Subtitles are also now available for offline videos.
Finally, we added language settings so that if you wish, you can choose to prefer French or Spanish content, or to hide other languages.
The new dark mode may be easier on your eyes and can reduce energy usage on devices with OLED screens.
Playlists can now contain the same item multiple times, are easier to manage, and can be played in “shuffle” mode.
We enhanced subtitles, with a new control on the video player that allows you to quickly enable subtitles where available. Subtitles are also now available for offline videos.
Finally, we added language settings so that if you wish, you can choose to prefer French or Spanish content, or to hide other languages.
2.6.13
Mar 19, 2021
With this update we have fixed the audio player bug on lock screen, other minor bugs, and improved the overall stability of the app.
2.6.12
Mar 4, 2021
In this small update we have improved the sign-in process and fixed a bug preventing shared links to open when the app was closed.
2.6.7
Feb 27, 2021
This small update fixes an issue that prevented some users to load the app without access to the internet.
Recently, we have added playlists and optional sign-in, plus made improvements to video playback and search.
We also added an optional sign-in: if you choose to sign in, we store your favourites and playlists and sync these across devices.
We made numerous other improvements including smoother video streaming, an improved search box, and performance improvements.
Recently, we have added playlists and optional sign-in, plus made improvements to video playback and search.
We also added an optional sign-in: if you choose to sign in, we store your favourites and playlists and sync these across devices.
We made numerous other improvements including smoother video streaming, an improved search box, and performance improvements.
2.6.5
Feb 19, 2021
In this release we have added playlists and optional sign in, plus made improvements to video playback and search.
With playlists, you can compose a list of audio tracks to play in sequence during your practice session.
We also added an optional sign in: if you choose to sign in, we store your favorites and playlists and sync these across devices.
We made numerous other improvements including a smoother video streaming, an improved search box, and performance improvements.
With playlists, you can compose a list of audio tracks to play in sequence during your practice session.
We also added an optional sign in: if you choose to sign in, we store your favorites and playlists and sync these across devices.
We made numerous other improvements including a smoother video streaming, an improved search box, and performance improvements.
2.5.4
Jan 6, 2021
In this small update we fixed a bug with opening shared links.
Recently, we added a new option to listen to a track on repeat, and we made the audio player slimmer so you can more easily read the accompanying text.
A new setting allows you to disable the data warning when downloading tracks using mobile data.
We also fixed some bugs and made a few things clearer.
Recently, we added a new option to listen to a track on repeat, and we made the audio player slimmer so you can more easily read the accompanying text.
A new setting allows you to disable the data warning when downloading tracks using mobile data.
We also fixed some bugs and made a few things clearer.
2.5.3
Dec 28, 2020
We added a new option to listen to a track on repeat, and we made the audio player slimmer so you can more easily read the accompanying text.
A new setting allows you to disable the data warning when downloading tracks using mobile data.
We also fixed some bugs and made a few things clearer.
A new setting allows you to disable the data warning when downloading tracks using mobile data.
We also fixed some bugs and made a few things clearer.
2.4.1
Nov 23, 2020
We’ve added a search feature throughout the app! Scroll up on any list to reveal the search box. You can search within the current folder or the whole app.
2.3.0
Sep 22, 2020
We’ve added support for Apple Health! If enabled from the Extras tab, the app will record your time spent listening to Plum Village meditations as “Mindful Minutes” in the Health app.
The update also includes a range of small improvements and bug fixes, in particular to the Bell of Mindfulness. Under the hood changes make the app more robust than ever.
The update also includes a range of small improvements and bug fixes, in particular to the Bell of Mindfulness. Under the hood changes make the app more robust than ever.
Plum Village: Zen Meditation FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Plum Village: Zen Meditation in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Plum Village: Zen Meditation.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.4 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.4 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.4 or later.
Plum Village: Zen Meditation supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese
