དགེ་འདུན། | Glossary of Terms

Also rendered here as “community.”

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, often referring to the monastic community and sometimes to the community of realized bodhisattvas that are not visible to ordinary beings.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

A congregation in a general sense; when spelled with a capital letter it refers to the Buddha’s congregation, one of the Three Jewels.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

The “community” of ordained Buddhist monks and nuns.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

Though often specifically reserved for the monastic community, this term can be applied to any of the four Buddhist communities‍—monks, nuns, laymen, and lay women‍—as well as the community of bodhisattvas.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particulary the monastics.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

Congregation in a general sense; the Buddha’s congregation (one of the Three Jewels).

Here refers to the community of monks.

The third of the Three Jewels (Triratna) of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Teaching, and the Community. Sometimes narrowly defined as the community of mendicants, it can be understood as including lay practitioners.

Community.

The community followers of the Buddha; the third of the triad that constitute the “Three Jewels,” in which Buddhists take refuge.

Explained as a “cohesive assembly,” saṅgha refers ultimately to those who have realized the nature of reality in accordance with the Buddhist path or, in a more conventional sense, with an assembly of monastics.

The congregation of monastics (one of the Three Jewels).

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, often referring to the monastic community and sometimes the community of realized bodhisattvas that are not visible to ordinary beings.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.

A congregation of monks, or the totality of the Buddha’s monks regarded as the jewel of the Saṅgha (one of the Three Jewels). Also translated here as “congregation.”

Though the term is most often used for the monastic community, it can be applied to any of the four Buddhist communities‍—monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen‍—as well as the community of bodhisattvas.

Also rendered here as “community.”

See “saṅgha.”

The community of noble ones, or those who have realized the nature of reality; in a more conventional sense, the community of monks and nuns.

The community of followers of the Buddha; the third of the triad, the “Three Jewels,” in which Buddhists take refuge. In a narrower sense, it can refer to a congregation of monastics or of advanced bodhisattvas. Also translated here as “community.”

A congregation of monks, or the totality of the Buddha’s monks regarded as the jewel of the Saṅgha (one of the Three Jewels).

The spiritual communities of ordained practitioners, both monks and nuns.