sangha
English
Alternative forms
Noun
sangha (plural sanghas)
- 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.
- The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).
Derived terms
Translations
community of all followers of the Buddha
See also
- bodhicitta
- Buddha-nature
- dharma
- enlightenment
- four noble truths
- nirvana
- six perfections
- sunyata
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