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Sangha

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.

📖 Definitions of "Sangha"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

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