sangha

Meanings

Plural: sanghas

Noun

• 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).

Related Words

bodhicitta, Buddha-nature, dharma, enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, six perfections, sunyata