Plum Village / Thich Nhat Hanh tradition (mainstream)
Engaged Buddhist tradition founded by the late Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022). Plum Village (France) and global affiliated centres. Mainstream low-control reference point.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — mainstream Engaged Buddhist tradition; voluntary low-control reference point.
Profile facts
In context
Thich Nhat Hanh's tradition combines Vietnamese Zen with Engaged Buddhism focus on social action, mindfulness practice, and lay community. Mainstream low-control voluntary practice; the Order of Interbeing welcomes non-monastic vows.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Evidence by BITE axis
- voluntary low-control reference point
Timeline
- 1982Plum Village founded in France
- 2022Thich Nhat Hanh dies
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simas (2022) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| j.ctv1msswd0 · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Buddhist Revivalist Movements (2016) | Academic | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Thich Nhat Hanh's many publications search ↗
- Simas (2022) — https://doi.org/10.2307%2Fj.ctv1msswd0 open ↗
- j.ctv1msswd0 — https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1msswd0 open ↗
- Buddhist Revivalist Movements (2016) — https://doi.org/10.1057%2F978-1-137-54086-7 open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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