April 06, 2016 Plum Village- the 2016 “Love and Gratitude” Great Ordination Ceremony April 06, 2016/ Blue Cliff Monastery The Plum Village sangha has just completed the 2016 “Love and Gratitude” Great Ordination Ceremony, blessed with the physical presence of Thay during the transmission of the Great Bhikshu and Bhikshuni Precepts and ceremonies to transmit the lamp to fifty new Dharma Teachers, lay and monastic.