Independent: As a vision of the future, the community of Plum Village in the French wine region of the Dordogne doesn’t conform to stereotype. It doesn’t bristle with technology, scientific endeavour and cutting-edge innovation. It is austere, tranquil and basic, and it is inhabited by brown-robed monks. Yet this co-operative of three hamlets that includes fruit orchards, vegetable gardens, dormitories, temples and meditation halls is the headquarters of a monastic order that is at the forefront …