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Order of Interbeing

Buddhist Monastic Orders and Schools
Origin from 1964

The Order of Interbeing is an international Buddhist community of monks, nuns and laypeople within the Plum Village Tradition, established by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhat Hanh between 1964 and 1966. It began with six board members of the School for Youth and Social Services, three men and three women, who received ordination in February 1966 and committed to studying and practicing the Fourteen Precepts of Engaged Buddhism; a seventh member joined by 1981, and by 2020 the order had grown to more than one thousand core members. Its name draws on Vietnamese terms meaning being in touch with, continuing, realizing and making it here and now, reflecting Nhat Hanh's coinage of the term Interbeing to express Buddhist ideas of non-self, dependent origination and emptiness; the community includes both monastics and laypeople guided by the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings.

Facts
Classification
Kind of order
Buddhist Monastic Orders and Schools 1
Apostolate
Teaching and Education 2
Apostolate
Charitable and Medical Work 2
Organisation
Ordination
Upasampada Monastic Ordination 2
Practice
Liturgical Language
Vietnamese 2
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Origins
Origin Period
from 1964 1
Belief
Defining Doctrinal Position
Engaged Buddhism / Interbeing 2
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Buddhism, Religions

Founded By

Thích Nhất Hạnh, Historical Figures
Source Order of Interbeing (Wikipedia)

Uses Liturgical Language

Vietnamese Language, Languages
Sources
1. Order of Interbeing (Wikipedia)
  • lead paragraph
    The Order of Interbeing (Vietnamese: Tiếp Hiện, anglicised Tiep Hien, French: Ordre de l'Interêtre) is an international Buddhist community of monks, nuns, and laypeople in the Plum Village T
  • Lead section: origin year
    The Order of Interbeing (Vietnamese: Tiếp Hiện, anglicised Tiep Hien, French: Ordre de l'Interêtre) is an international Buddhist community of monks, nuns, and laypeople in the Plum Village Tradition founded between 1964 and 1966 by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh.
  • Founded By: Thích Nhất Hạnh
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2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
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