Bhikkhu
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A bhikkhu is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics are members of the Sangha.
Bhikkhus in Phutthamonthon, Thailand
One of the earliest Western Buddhist monks, Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera from Germany
Theravadin monks at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in United States
Tibetan monks, all of whom ordain under the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya
Sangha
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Saṅgha or saṃgha is a term meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community". In a political context, it was historically used to denote a governing assembly in a republic or a kingdom, and
Bhikkhu
…भिक्खु; Sanskrit: भिक्षु, romanized: bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics (bhikkhunī) are members of the Sangha (Buddhist community). The lives of all Buddhist monastics are governed by a set of rules called the prātimokṣa or pātimokkha. Their lifestyles are…
Monks, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Rato Dratsang, India, January 2015
Sangha, Luang Prabang, Laos
Shakyamuni Buddha and his followers, holding begging bowls, receive offerings. An 18th-century Burmese watercolor.
Upāsakas and Upāsikās performing a short chanting ceremony at Three Ancestors Temple, Anhui, China