Home›Buddhist Monastic Orders and Schools›Ordination Practice›Upasampada Monastic OrdinationBrowse ByUpasampada Monastic OrdinationThis page groups religious orders by how they recognize a member as a minister. Wikipedia notes that Jehovah's Witnesses "consider an adherent's qualified baptism to constitute his ordination as a minister," a very different practice from a seminary ordination. Browsing this way lets a visitor compare how differently orders mark someone as formally set apart for ministry.FactsUpasampada Monastic OrdinationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Upasampada Monastic OrdinationFilter Results15 entriesFounded ByAllDongshan Liangjie (1)Linji Yixuan (1)Mahasi Sayadaw (1)Thích Nhất Hạnh (1)Rooted InAllTheravada (1)Zen (3)Originated InAllChina (1)France (1)Myanmar (3)Sri Lanka (1)United States (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (15)Origin Period Start YearAll1964 (1)1975 (1)1992 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Chinese (4)Japanese (1)Pali (8)Tibetan (1)Vietnamese (1)Doctrinal PositionAllEngaged Buddhism / Interbeing (1)Mahayana Chan/Zen Teaching (6)Theravada Orthodoxy (8)TraditionAllTheravada (1)Tibetan Buddhism (1)Kind of orderAllBuddhist Monastic Orders and Schools (12)Who may joinAllMen Only (4)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Contemplative or Monastic Prayer (14)Teaching and Education (15)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15Buddha's Light International AssociationUpasampada Monastic OrdinationCaodong schoolUpasampada Monastic OrdinationGyuto OrderUpasampada Monastic OrdinationHngettwin GaingUpasampada Monastic OrdinationInsight Meditation SocietyUpasampada Monastic OrdinationLinji schoolUpasampada Monastic OrdinationMahādvāra NikāyaUpasampada Monastic OrdinationMahasthabir NikayaUpasampada Monastic OrdinationOrder of InterbeingUpasampada Monastic OrdinationPlum Village TraditionUpasampada Monastic OrdinationShwegyin NikayaUpasampada Monastic OrdinationSiam NikayaUpasampada Monastic OrdinationThudhamma GaingUpasampada Monastic OrdinationVipassana movementUpasampada Monastic OrdinationWhite Plum AsangaUpasampada Monastic OrdinationSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.