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དགེ་འདུན། | Glossary of Terms
དགེ་འདུན།
dge ’dun
saṅgha
- Term
Though often specifically reserved for the monastic community, this term can be applied to any of the four Buddhist communities—monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen—as well as to identify the different groups of practitioners, like the community of bodhisattvas or the community of śrāvakas. It is also the third of the Three Jewels (Triratna) of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Teaching, and the Community.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
Also rendered here as “community.”
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, see also “Three Precious Jewels.”
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
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.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
- 眾
A congregation in a general sense; when spelled with a capital letter it refers to the Buddha’s congregation, one of the Three Jewels.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṃgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The “community” of ordained Buddhist monks and nuns.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
- 僧伽
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṃgha
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.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particulary the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
Congregation in a general sense; the Buddha’s congregation (one of the Three Jewels).
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་སློང་གི་དགེ་འདུན།
- dge slong gi dge ’dun
- saṅgha
Here refers to the community of monks.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- Saṅgha
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.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
Community.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community followers of the Buddha; the third of the triad that constitute the “Three Jewels,” in which Buddhists take refuge.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
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.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The congregation of monastics (one of the Three Jewels).
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The community of followers of the Buddha’s teachings, particularly the monastics.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- སཾ་གྷ།
- སང་གྷ།
- ཚོགས།
- dge ’dun
- saM g+ha
- sang g+ha
- tshogs
- saṅgha
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.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
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.
- Saṅgha
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
Also rendered here as “community.”
- Community
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
See “saṅgha.”
- Community
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- 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.
- Congregation
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
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.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Congregation
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
A congregation of monks, or the totality of the Buddha’s monks regarded as the jewel of the Saṅgha (one of the Three Jewels).
- Monastic community
- དགེ་འདུན།
- dge ’dun
- saṅgha
The spiritual communities of ordained practitioners, both monks and nuns.