Some may also claim that the Sangha also includes lay people who are personally dedicated to the discipline of dhamma-vinaya.

Before the modern era, the Bhikkhuni Sangha spread to most Buddhist countries including Burma ( also known as Myanmar ), with the notable exceptions being Tibet and Thailand.

Many tantric texts qualify the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha thus: " The Guru is Buddha, the Guru is Dharma, the Guru is also Sangha " to reflect their importance for the disciple.

The main differences in beliefs of both sides center on: The doctrine of Heritage of the Law: attributed by the Priesthood to " one person " the High Priest while attributed by the Sōka Gakkai to ordinary people, The Priesthood's demand for " Absolute faith and Strict Obedience " to the High Priest a demand contrasted with SGI definition of related relationship: " mentor and disciple are comrades standing side by side ”, and also: The doctrine of the Three Treasures, in which the Treasure of the Priest is taught by the Sōka Gakkai as the Sangha or " Community of Believers ", while it is restricted solely to the Priest, by Nichiren Shōshū administration.

The King also appointed the first Supreme Patriarch of Thai Buddhism, whose responsibilities included the duty of ensuring that Rama I's laws are maintained which was to ensure law and order within the Buddhist Sangha.

) From this time, Phoumi took a lively interest in the Buddhist Sangha, recognizing its potential as a propaganda organ for opposition to the Americanization of Lao society, but also as a vehicle for the propagation of Lao cultural values.

It can be more strictly defined as the ' Realized Sangha ' or ' Arya-Sangha ', in other words, practitioners and historical students of the Buddha who have fully realized the nature of their mind, also known as realized Boddhisatvas ; and ' Ordinary Sangha ', which can loosely mean practitioners and students of the Buddha who are using the same methods and working towards the same goal.

During this time, they also hold a ceremony known as Sangha Day, where devotees gather to honor the monastics by offering food to them, as well as offer a public cultural performance, performing classical and traditional Chinese music or elegant solo dances.

: See also Sangha ( disambiguation ).

He also dedicates time and attention to the sick and dying, those in prison or ill with cancer, people wanting to learn to meditate, and also to his Sangha of monks at Bodhinyana.

The daily also campaigns in columns and features for an austere, reformed version of Buddhism free of Thailand's traditional animist elements, which it views as superstitions, and against corruption in the official Buddhist establishment or Sangha.

Anti-Buddhist propaganda was also reaching its peak during the 8th century when Shankara modeled his monastic order after the Buddhist Sangha.

It is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Baisakh. It actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment ( nirvāna ), and passing away ( Parinirvāna ) of Lord Buddha. On the day of the worship devotees go to the monastery with Siyong ( offerings of rice, vegetable and other fruits and confectionaries ). The Buddhist priests known as Bhikkhu lead the devotees for chanting of mantra composed in Pali in praise of the holy triple gem: The Buddha, The Dharma ( his teachings ), and The Sangha ( his disciples ). Apart from this, other practices such as lighting of thousands of lamps, releasing of Phanuch Batti ( an auspicious lamp made of paper in the form of a balloon ) are also done as and when possible.

There are several ancient inscriptional references found in Rohana province, Sri Lanka, belonging to the 2nd century BCE which may indicate Kamboja presence in various parts of Sri Lanka in the late centuries BCE and mention a Kamboja Sangha as well as " grand Kamboja guilds " located in the island, thus indicating that the Kambojas had also migrated to Sri Lanka before 1 CE.

* Sanga, Mali, ( also spelled Sangha ) a group of villages in the Dogon Country region in Mali

In the event that the position of Supreme Patriarch is vacant, the Sangha Council also nominates candidates for a successor to the king.

He is also the Honorary Vice-President of the World Buddhist Sangha Council.

The Janjua Rajputs also took part in the battles against Rana Sangha in 1527 AD in which the Mughals defeated the Sesodia Rajputs who had allied with the Afghans against him.

The Sangha unity was also strengthened by the decision to hold the Pali examination in two sets: one at Mahamakuta Academy, where Vajirañana's new curriculum and a written examination format would be used, and one at the Grand Palace chapel, where the traditional oral translations would be heard.

It is also one of the main centres of Buddhist education and the Sangha ’ s administration in northern Thailand.

The Three Jewels of Buddhism are the Buddha, meaning the mind's perfection of enlightenment, the Dharma, meaning the teachings and the methods of the Buddha, and the Sangha, meaning those awakened beings who provide guidance and support to followers of the Buddha.

Faith in Buddhism centers on the understanding that the Buddha is an Awakened being, on his superior role as teacher, in the truth of his Dharma ( spiritual teachings ), and in his Sangha ( community of spiritually developed followers ).

Faith in Buddhism can be summarised as faith in the Three Jewels: the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

* The Three Jewels, namely Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha

Often the number three referring to the Triple Gem of Buddhism, the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

The Sangha or community of ordained Buddhist bhikkhus ( similar to monks ) and original bhikkhunis ( similar to nuns ) was founded by Gautama Buddha during his lifetime over 2500 years ago.

In Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha each are described as having certain characteristics.

The Sangha of monks and the Sangha of nuns were originally established by Gautama Buddha in the 5th century BC in order to provide a means for those who wish to practice the Dhamma full time, in a direct and highly disciplined way, free from the restrictions and responsibilities of the household life.

In Pali Canon the Buddha rejected a suggestion by Devadatta to impose vegetarianism on the Sangha.

The Buddha the Pali Texts allowed Sangha members to eat whatever food is donated to them by laypeople, except that they may not eat meat if they know or suspect the animal was killed specifically for them.

Although always maintaining that women were just as capable of attaining enlightenment as men, the canonical texts depict the Buddha as being reluctant to permit women to join the Sangha.

According to the scriptures the reason the Buddha himself gave was that the admission of women would weaken the Sangha and shorten its lifetime, and he laid down strict rules subordinating nuns to monks ( The Eight Garudhammas ).

Buddhist clergy are often referred to as the Sangha and consists of the order of monks ( bhikshus ) and nuns ( bhikshunis ) founded by Gautama Buddha during the 5th century BC, as well as lay priests in the modern era and ngagpas of the Tibetan tradition.

On Vesākha day, devout Buddhists and followers alike are expected and requested to assemble in their various temples before dawn for the ceremonial, and honorable, hoisting of the Buddhist flag and the singing of hymns in praise of the holy triple gem: The Buddha, The Dharma ( his teachings ), and The Sangha ( his disciples ).

This would lead to faith ( Pali: saddha ), one key power ( Pali: bala ) that one should generate within oneself for the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha.

Emperor Ashoka the Great erected the capital to mark the spot where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded.

Jetari taught the young man three things: 1 ) taking refuge in the Three Jewels of Buddha, 2 ) Dharma and Sangha and 3 ) bodhichitta, described as the mind-oriented aspiration towards enlightenment with the intent of benefiting all sentient beings.

Some lay practitioners in the West these days use the word " Sangha " as a collective term for all Buddhists, but the Pali Canon uses the word parisā ( Sanskrit, parisad ) for the larger Buddhist community — the monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women who have taken the Three Refuges — reserving ‘ Sangha ’ for a more restricted use .”

Ajātasattu began to send great offerings to Devadatta, and the latter became obsessed with his own worth, and began to have thoughts that it was he who should lead the Sangha, not the Buddha, and he didn ’ t desist even though this thought brought down his psychic powers.

After this Yasa ’ s father became the first to take refuge in the Triple Gems, the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

Within two months, a further fifty of Yasa ’ s friends had joined the Sangha and attained arahantship, bringing the total number of arahants to sixty.