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
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
Bhikkhu
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A bhikkhu is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics are members of the Sangha.
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…the tradition of the sangha represents humanity's oldest surviving democratic institution. In Buddhism, sangha refers to the monastic communities of bhikkhu (monks) and bhikkhuni (nuns). These communities are traditionally referred to as the bhikkhu-sangha or the bhikkhuni-sangha. As a separate category…
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