Sangha

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Alternative spellings

• samgha

Etymology

From the Sanskrit, meaning "community".

Noun

sangha (uncountable)

1. The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge as one of the three jewels.
2. The Buddhist congregation of renunciate monks and nuns.
3. Those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana.

Translations

Chinese: 僧, 僧侶

See also

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