Sangha

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Buddhist concept monastic community religious community

Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Sangha canonical 9
Buddhist Sangha 2
Bhikkhu Sangha 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist concept ⓘ
monastic community ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sanggha ⓘ
Sangha ⓘ
surface form: Saṅgha
associatedWith Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha

Dharma ⓘ
comprises Buddhist monks ⓘ
Buddhist nuns ⓘ
ordained monastics ⓘ
coreRoleInBuddhism field of merit ⓘ
ideal of spiritual friendship ⓘ
preserver of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ
teacher of the Dharma ⓘ
ethicalBasis celibacy for fully ordained members ⓘ
monastic precepts ⓘ
follows Vinaya ⓘ
geographicalOrigin ancient India ⓘ
governedBy monastic discipline ⓘ
hasSubdivision monastic Sangha ⓘ
noble Sangha ⓘ
historicalOrigin founded by Gautama Buddha ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin 5th century BCE ⓘ
isOneOf Three Refuges ⓘ
Triple Gem ⓘ
languageOfName Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
literalMeaning assembly ⓘ
community ⓘ
monasticSanghaDefinedAs community of fully ordained monks and nuns ⓘ
nobleSanghaDefinedAs community of enlightened disciples ⓘ
partOf Three Jewels of Buddhism ⓘ
presentInTradition Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
primaryFunction practice of the Dharma ⓘ
transmission of the Dharma ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
requires ordination ⓘ
taking monastic vows ⓘ
roleInSociety preservation of scriptures ⓘ
ritual performance ⓘ
spiritual leadership ⓘ
supportedBy alms ⓘ
donations ⓘ
lay Buddhists ⓘ
symbolizes collective pursuit of enlightenment ⓘ
ideal Buddhist community ⓘ
veneratedAs object of devotion ⓘ
object of refuge ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddhism → hasMonasticOrder → Sangha ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha → established → Sangha ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha → established → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhikkhu Sangha
Shakyamuni Buddha → established → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhikkhunī Sangha
Tripitaka → relatedConcept → Sangha ⓘ
Theravada → monasticCommunity → Sangha ⓘ
Sangha → alsoKnownAs → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saṅgha
King Mindon → patronOf → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhist Sangha
Patimokkha → associatedWith → Sangha ⓘ
Three Jewels of Buddhism → hasPart → Sangha ⓘ
Three Jewels of Buddhism → hasRefugeObject → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sangha of monastics
Three Jewels of Buddhism → hasRefugeObject → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sangha of noble disciples
Sanggha → refersTo → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhist Sangha
Three Refuges → component → Sangha ⓘ
Triple Gem → hasPart → Sangha ⓘ
Buddhist flags → associatedWith → Sangha ⓘ
subject surface form: Buddhist flag
Kirti Sri Rajasinha → associatedWith → Sangha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhist Sangha of Sri Lanka