Home›Buddhist Monastic Orders and Schools›Founded ByBrowse ByFounded ByThis page groups religious orders by the person who founded them. Wikipedia records, for example, "the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212)" among the earliest Catholic orders. Browsing by founder lets a visitor trace an order back to the individual who first gathered it.FactsFounded BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Founded ByFilter Results4 entriesKind of orderAllBuddhist Monastic Orders and Schools (3)Originated InAllChina (1)United States (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1964 (1)1975 (1)Doctrinal PositionAllEngaged Buddhism / Interbeing (1)Mahayana Chan/Zen Teaching (2)Theravada Orthodoxy (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Contemplative or Monastic Prayer (3)Teaching and Education (4)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Chinese (2)Pali (1)Vietnamese Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllUpasampada Monastic Ordination (4)Rooted InAllZen (2)GenderAllMale (4)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (4)Lifespan or Floruit End YearAll866 (1)869 (1)1982 (1)2022 (1)Lifespan or Floruit Start YearAll807 (1)810 (1)1904 (1)1926 (1)Manner of DeathAllDied of natural causes (2)Traditions Revering This FigureAllBuddhism (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareDongshan LiangjieFounded By1 entryLinji YixuanFounded By1 entryMahasi SayadawFounded By1 entryThích Nhất HạnhFounded By1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: Religious OrdersComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.