interbeing


the suggested replacement word for the verb “to be,” coined by vietnamese buddhist monk and scholar thich nhat hanh. it means to inter-dependently co-exist. the meaning of interbeing recognizes the dependence of any one person or thing as to all other people and objects.
not only is no man an island, but rather his interbeing is shared with the plants and animals he eats, the people who make his clothes and food, the people who populate his home, country and the very world he percieves, the insects that pollinate the trees that yeild his fruit, shade him from the sun, and provide lumber for his house.

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