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 ).

Sangha ( Pali: सन ् घ ; Sanskrit: स ं घ ; Wylie: ' dus sde ) is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning " association ", " assembly ," " company " or " community " and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of ordained Buddhist monks or nuns.

This use of the word " Sangha " is not found in the Pali texts.

The Sangha: " The Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples ( Savakas ) is:

that is, the four pairs of persons, the eight types of individuals-This Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples is:

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.

In the west, there is a misconception that Theravada regards enlightenment to be an impossible goal outside the Sangha.

* The World Buddhist Sangha Council is convened by Theravadins in Sri Lanka, with the hope of bridging differences and working together.

The largest Zen group at this moment is the Kanzeon Sangha, led by Nico Tydeman under the supervision of the American Zen master Dennis Genpo Merzel, Roshi, a former student of Maezumi Roshi in Los Angeles.

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.

Another element of dispute is the doctrine of the Three Treasures, with the treasure of the Priest seen by SGI as the Treasure of Sangha or Community of Believers.

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.

* 1966: The World Buddhist Sangha Council is convened by Theravadins in Sri Lanka with the hope of bridging differences and working together.

In the novel, Xuanzang is a Chinese Buddhist monk who had renounced his family to join the Sangha from childhood.

This order is known as Chaturvidh Jain Sangha.

For Sangharakshita, as with other Buddhists, the factor that unites all Buddhist schools is not any particular teaching, but the act of " going for refuge " ( sarana-gamana ), which he regards " not simply as a formula but as a life-changing event " and as an ongoing " reorientation of one's life away from mundane concerns to the values embodied in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

The monks are part of the Sangha, the third of the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha.

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

* The Three Jewels, namely Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha

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 .”

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.

" Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels " – meaning the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha – is considered to be what makes someone a Buddhist

The Cambodian version, or បទសរភញ ្ ញ ( EN: Bot Sa-Rak-Phorgn ), was written by Samdech Sangha Raja Jhotañano Chuon Nath with greater descriptions of the Three Jewels with Cambodian touch at the ending.

The expression Three Gems are found in the earliest Buddhist literature of the Pali Canon, besides other works there is one sutta in the Sutta-nipata, called the Ratana-sutta which contains a series of verses on the Jewels in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

In general Buddhist usage, the term " treasury of the Dharma " refers to the written words of the Buddha's teaching collected in the Sutras as the middle of the Three Treasures of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

Although the Tao Te Ching originally used sanbao to mean " compassion ", " frugality ", and " humility ", the term was later used to translate the Three Jewels ( Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha ) in Chinese Buddhism, and to mean the Three Treasures ( jing, qi, and shen ) in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Waley 1958: 225, " pity ", " frugality ", and " refusal to be ' foremost of all things under heaven '") and subsequently translated the Buddhist Three Jewels ( Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha ).

: I go for refuge in the Dharma and the Sangha, all combined as the Triple Jewels, the cold shade of the world.

* ( so you ) take refuge in the three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha

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

The alliance with the Burmese appears according to the chronicles to have continued after the expulsion of the Cholas and it was to Burma that Vijayabahu I turned for assistance in re-organizing the Sangha in Sri Lanka, thus underlining the connection between political ties and a common commitment to Buddhism.

: This article concerns the concept of Sangha in Buddhism.

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

Consequently, as Theravada Buddhism spread to Thailand, the Theravada Sangha consisted only of monks.

The text outlines what Olcott saw to be the basic doctrines of Buddhism, including the life of the Buddha, the message of the Dharma, the role of the Sangha.

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.

* Tendai Buddhism in Europe-Tendai Sangha based in Denmark

The Triple Gem is in the center of one of the major practices of mental " reflection " in Buddhism ; the reflection on the true qualities of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

:* A trident, or trisula, with three branches, representing the threefold jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.

The triratna can be further reinforced by being surmounted with three dharma wheels ( one for each of the three jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha ).

In Mahayana Buddhism, the term ' Sangha ' strictly speaking refers to those who have achieved certain levels of understanding.

In Mahayana Buddhism, the term " sangha " is, in principle, often understood to refer particularly to the Arya Sangha ( Tib.

In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha, dedicated to asceticism and the monastic life, had no fixed abode.

In Buddhism " the conventional Sangha of monks has been entrusted by the Buddha with the task of leading all people in creating the ideal world community of noble disciples or truly civilized people.

Sri Lanka has the longest continuous history of Buddhism of any Buddhist nation, with the Sangha having existed in a largely unbroken lineage since its introduction in the 4th century.

In his book Revolution and Counter-Revolution in India, Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar opined that Manu Smriti was written by a sage named Brigu during the times of Pushyamitra of Sangha in connection with social pressures caused by the rise of Buddhism.

* Sangha, in Buddhism and Jainism

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.