Vegan monasteries
7 vegan monastery stays — Quiet vegan monastery and ashram stays for reflection and practice.
Deer Park Monastery
📍 Escondido, California, United States
Thich Nhat Hanh's North American monastery offering mindfulness retreats on a fully vegan campus in Southern California.
Ekoin Temple Lodge
📍 Koyasan, Wakayama, Japan
Sleep inside a 1,000-year-old Buddhist temple and dine on traditional shojin ryori plant cuisine.
European Institute of Applied Buddhism
📍 Waldbröl, Germany
Plum Village practice centre in Germany offering mindfulness retreats with fully vegan meals in a beautiful forest setting.
Magnolia Grove Monastery
📍 Batesville, Mississippi, United States
Serene Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition offering retreats with fully vegan meals and mindfulness practice.
Plum Village
📍 Thenac, Dordogne, France
Thich Nhat Hanh's renowned Buddhist monastery and retreat center — the largest in the West — offering mindfulness retreats on a fully vegan campus.
Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage
📍 Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand
Legendary silent meditation retreat in the Thai forest tradition — simple vegan meals, no phones, and ten days of Dhamma.
Wat Pa Tam Wua Forest Monastery
📍 Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Free forest monastery near the Myanmar border offering silent meditation retreats, vegan meals, and profound stillness.