sangha

English

Alternative forms

• samgha

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit संघ (saṃ-gha, “heap, multitude, crowd”).

Noun

sangha (plural sanghas)

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).

Derived terms

• cybersangha

See also

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

Translations

community of all followers of the Buddha

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  Mandarin: 僧伽 (zh) (sēngjiā)

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• Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན (dge 'dun)
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