Sangha, also known as the Great Sage of Sizhou (泗州大聖, 'Sizhou Dasheng'; 628–710), was an eminent Chinese monk who lived in the Tang dynasty. He was a...

the sangha represents humanity's oldest surviving democratic institution. In Buddhism, sangha refers to the monastic communities of bhikkhu (monks) and...

Lama Sangha Tenzin was a Buddhist monk. He is thought to have died in the 1500s. His remains are preserved as a mummy, which was discovered in 1975 in...

Indonesian Theravāda Saṅgha was formed by monks who were not members of the Sangha that already existed in Indonesia at that time. The sangha organization was...

Malaysia, and Indonesia; monks from the Sangha have accompanied United Nations delegations to Syria and Lebanon. The Sangha is recognized for their community...

Look up sangha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sangha (from Sanskrit saṃgha 'assembly') most often refers to: Sangha (Buddhism), the fourfold community...

taken by monks and nuns from the ordinary sangha, in order to develop personal ethical discipline. In Mahayana and Vajrayana, the term "sangha" is, in...

a government-appointed body of high-ranking Buddhist monks that oversees and regulates the Sangha (Buddhist clergy) in Burma (Myanmar). The Committee was...

the Sangha and that monastic teachings had to adhere to government guidelines. There was a serious decrease in the number of monks in the Lao Sangha during...

Sangharaja (Pāli: sangha religious community + raja ruler, king, or prince) is the title given in many Theravada Buddhist countries to a senior monk who is the...

sangha refers to the monastic community of bhikkhus (monks) and bhikkhunis (nuns). The phrase gana sangha can be translated as (rule by) tribal assembly. In...

by all monks. The monks are part of the Sangha, the third of the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. In Mahayana Buddhism, the term 'Sangha' strictly...

created and tasked with the administration of the sangha, the orders of monks and nuns. Other monks were also given lower-level administrative positions...

discussed topic. The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha does not accept calling him a "Buddhist monk", but the Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam recognizes this and praises...

pārājikas (lit. "defeats") are rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life. If a monk breaks any one of the rules he is automatically "defeated" in...

tradition of the ordained monastic community (sangha) began with the Buddha, who established an order of bhikkhus (monks). According to the scriptures, later,...

primary subject matter is the monastic rules of conduct for monks and nuns of the Sangha. According to tradition, the Tripiṭaka was compiled at the First...

a growing List of Buddhist Sanghas and Governing Bodies. A sangharaja or patriarch is the senior monk of a Buddhist Sangha. A supreme sangharaja is the...

or elect a sangharaja, or Supreme Patriarch of the Sangha, as the highest ranking or seniormost monk in a particular area, or from a particular nikaya...

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS; Vietnamese: Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam) is the only Buddhist sangha recognised by the Vietnamese government, and a...

ecclesiastical matters within the Thai Sangha. Its leadership consists of the country's highest ranking monks, who consult the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand...

popular monk often believed to be an enlightened arhat. Phra Maha Bua's supporters claimed that Somdet Kiaw earned his high position in the Sangha hierarchy...

1946 – 18 February 2024) was an influential Indian Digambara Jain acharya (monk), credited with having brought about a revival in educational and religious...

included Mula Sangha (further divided into Nandi, Sena, Simha and Deva Sanghas) and now largely extinct Kashtha Sangha (which included Mathura sangha, ""Lat-Vagad"...

with cancer, people wanting to learn to meditate, and also to his Sangha of monks at Bodhinyana.[citation needed] Ajahn Brahm has also been influential...

Prime Minister, with consultation of the Sangha Supreme Council, an administrative body of the Thai Sangha. The Supreme Patriarch has legal authority...

feeding monks on a large scale. His lavish patronage to the state patronage leads to many fake monks joining the sangha. The true Buddhist monks refuse...

Dravida Sangha was established in 470 CE by a Jain monk named Vajranandi in the city of Madurai in present-day Tamil Nadu. Madurai at that time was under...

A sāmaṇera (Pali), Sanskrit: श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera), is a novice male monk in a Buddhist context. A female novice nun is a sāmaṇerī (Pali), and a śrāmaṇerī...

reforms, as other monks during this period had done. Nevertheless, because of his work, he was noticed by leading monks in the Saṅgha. Still in 1916, Somdet...