Order of Interbeing

From Order of Interbeing

The Order of Interbeing, or Tiếp Hiện in Vietnamese, was founded in 1966 by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Tiếp means "being in touch with" and "continuing." Hiện means "realizing" and "making it here and now." "Interbeing" is a word coined by Thich Nhat Hanh to represent the Buddhist principles of impermanence and the not-self characteristic which reveal the inter-connected-ness of all things. The order contains members of the "Four-fold Sangha" (monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women) and is guided by the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings.

See also

• Thich Nhat Hanh
• Chan Khong
• Community of Mindful Living
• Plum Village

Selected works

• Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism, Parallax Press 3rd edition, 1999, ISBN 1-888375-08-6

External links

• Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings text on the Community of Mindful Living website
• Sangha Directory - List of communities (Mindfulness Practice Groups) practicing in Thich Nhat Hanh's tradition.
• Plum Village - Thich Nhat Hanh's main monastery and practice center, located about 85 km east of Bordeaux, France.
• Deer Park Monastery - located in Escondido, California.
• Maple Forest Monastery - located near Woodstock, Vermont .
• Green Mountain Dharma Center - located in Hartland-Four-Corners, Vermont.
• Magnolia Village Practice Center - newest practice center, located near Memphis, TN.
• Mindfulness Bell - Community of Mindful Living; home of the "Mindfulness Bell" magazine with news, articles, and talks by Thich Nhat Hanh and other Order of Interbeing members.