sangha

Englisch

Alternative forms

• samgha

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) संघ (saṃ-gha).

Nomen

sangha (uncountable)

1. The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; as one of the three jewels of Buddhism.
2. The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

Translations

Translations

• Chinese: 僧, 僧侶
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See also

• bodhicitta
• Buddha-nature
• Dharma
• enlightenment
• four noble truths
• nirvana
• six perfections
• sunyata