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**incimisiche** · 06-16-2011, 11:08 AM

Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a critic of Thich Nhat Hanh's "interbeing" and prefers "inter-eating" or "inter-feeding."
"Our most cherished sense of inter-connectedness with the world — what some people call our interbeing — is, at its most basic level, inter-eating" (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...mountains.html). Reference to Thich Nhat Hanh was in a dharma talk at audiodharma.org but I don't recall which one. It seems like he says it a lot in his talks.

I'm not sure the two are so far apart. "Interbeing" isn't just a kumbayah moment -- it involves recognition of anicca, anatta and dukkha.

People always remember that Thich Nhat Hanh talks about clouds, rain, flowers and children, but they tend to forget that he applies the same principle to things like war, poverty, abuse and suffering. When he presents the "positive" side of interbeing, it's as upaya.

06-16-2011, 11:08 AM	#9
incimisiche Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a critic of Thich Nhat Hanh's "interbeing" and prefers "inter-eating" or "inter-feeding." "Our most cherished sense of inter-connectedness with the world — what some people call our interbeing — is, at its most basic level, inter-eating" (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...mountains.html). Reference to Thich Nhat Hanh was in a dharma talk at audiodharma.org but I don't recall which one. It seems like he says it a lot in his talks. I'm not sure the two are so far apart. "Interbeing" isn't just a kumbayah moment -- it involves recognition of anicca, anatta and dukkha. People always remember that Thich Nhat Hanh talks about clouds, rain, flowers and children, but they tend to forget that he applies the same principle to things like war, poverty, abuse and suffering. When he presents the "positive" side of interbeing, it's as upaya.
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