Monastic

Brother Nhất Uyển

A monk in the Plum Village tradition, Brother Nhất Uyển was born in 2002. He is American and received the novice precepts on October 19, 2025 (at the age of 23) at Deer Park Monastery, with the lineage name Awakened Vow of the Source and the Dharma name Chân Nhất Uyển.

He belongs to the Juniper Tree monastic family. He is the 135th disciple of the third generation of Plum Village monastics. Brother Nhất Uyển belongs to the 44th generation of the Linji school and the 10th generation of the Liễu Quán Dharma line.

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