Sangha Talks
Sangha (IPA: [sɐnɡʱɐ]) is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali which means "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; In these languages, sangha is frequently used as a surname. In a political context, it was historically used to denote a governing assembly in a republic or a kingdom, and for a long time, it has been used by religious associations, including Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs. Given this history, some Buddhists have stated that 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, those Buddhists who have attained any of the four stages of enlightenment, whether or not they are members of the monastic community, are referred to as the āryasaṅgha ("noble Sangha").
According to the Theravada school and Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, the term sangha does not refer to the community of sāvakas (lay followers) nor does it refer to the community of Buddhists as a whole.
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Zendo Lecture Beginners, Zendo, Chanting, Posture, Delusion, Suzuki Roshi, Sangha, Bell,... |
Apr 13 2005 Tassajara |
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2005.04.25-serial.00325 Dragons, Bell, Instruction, Tenzo, Sangha |
Apr 25 2005 |
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2005.05.07-serial.00182 Buddha Nature, Dragons, Precepts, Oneness, Interdependence, Sangha, Subject-and-... |
May 07 2005 |
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July 30th, 2005, Serial No. 01339, Side C Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sangha, Conversation, Precepts |
Jul 30 2005 |
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2005.10.09-serial.00056 Instruction, Posture, Sangha, training, Zendo |
Oct 09 2005 |
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2005.11.03-serial.00187 Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Vows, Culture, Samsara, Lay, Forgiveness, confusion, Sangha... |
Nov 03 2005 |
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Buddha's Pointing at the GroundSerial: BZ-01207 Indra's Planting a Blade of Grass, Saturday Lecture SER-4, Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Sangha, Buddha's Birthday,... |
Dec 10 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2006.01.29-serial.00007 Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Sangha, Ordination, soto, Enemies, lecture, zen,... |
Jan 29 2006 |
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2006.01.30-serial.00081 Offering, Hindrances, Gratitude, New Year, Sangha, difficulty, Chanting, Daily Life,... |
Jan 30 2006 |
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2006.01.30-serial.00170A Passions, Gratitude, Instruction, Freedom, Sangha, Attachment, Anger, Offering... |
Jan 30 2006 |
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2006.02.01-serial.00003 Offering, Patience, confusion, Sangha, Precepts, Mindfulness, Beginners, Gratitude,... |
Feb 01 2006 |
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2006.02.02-serial.00015 Bodhidharma, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Precepts, Sangha, resistance, Vinaya,... |
Feb 02 2006 |
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2006.02.02-serial.00123 Lay, Precepts, Funeral, lecture, Sangha, Happiness, Offering, Buddha Nature,... |
Feb 02 2006 |
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2006.02.03-serial.00120 Anger, Happiness, Gratitude, Dragons, Attachment, Chanting, Greed, Enemies, Sangha,... |
Feb 03 2006 |
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Have Some TeaSerial: SF-00965 Sunday Lecture: "Have you been here before? Have some tea"; judgment and conduct; Four Noble Truths; Eightfold Path; ethics and etiquette Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Triple Treasure, Right Speech, Liberation, Renewal,... |
May 07 2006 Green Gulch |
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October 28th, 2006, Serial No. 01046 Bell, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Echo, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, training,... |
Oct 28 2006 |
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Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and DyingSerial: SF-00029 Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms. Ceremony, Offering, Vows, Ordination, Death-and-Dying, Six Realms, Sangha, Emptiness... |
Oct 29 2006 |
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Commmentary on "Respect for Things" (from Not Always So)Serial: BZ-01408B Faith is Synonymous for Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture Faith, Enlightenment, Big Mind, Culture, Bodhisattva Way, Building, Soto Zen, Bowing... |
Dec 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2007.01.14-serial.00116B Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Attachment, Describe, Samadhi, Bodhidharma, Sangha,... |
Jan 14 2007 |
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2007.01.14-serial.00116C Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Diversity, Observe, Repentance... |
Jan 14 2007 |
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2007.01.19-serial.00117E Dependent Origination, Instruction, Interdependence, Silence, Observe, Patience,... |
Jan 19 2007 |
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Developing Confidence in Buddha NatureSerial: SF-00074 Sunday talk. Global Warming, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Delusion, Practice Period, Dragons, Lineage... |
Mar 18 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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2007.03.26-serial.00215 Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Thich Nhat Hanh, realization, Sangha |
Mar 26 2007 |
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June 14th, 2007, Serial No. 01057, Side A Karma, Constancy, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,... |
Jun 14 2007 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #61Serial: BZ-01002 Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Dragons, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, soto, Silence,... |
Oct 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold PathSerial: BZ-01003 Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra,... |
Oct 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2008.01.19-serial.00112B Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Vows, true dharma, Daily Life, Culture, Subject-and-... |
Jan 19 2008 |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Suzuki Roshi, Koan, Community, Sangha, Evil |
Jul 22 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Precepts and ZazenSerial: BZ-01158 Harmonizing Buddha Nature, Instincts, and Desires, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Zazen, Desires, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Concentration, Buddha Nature,... |
Sep 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Observe, Sangha |
Nov 22 2008 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Forbearance Practice Khanti Paramita: Engaged Buddhism (Prison Work): Serial No. 01075Paramitas, Engaged Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, Politics, Two Truths, Absolute-and-Relative... |
Nov 29 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2009.07.03-serial.00202 Repentance, Precepts, Sangha, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Subject-and-Object,... |
Jul 03 2009 |
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2009.09.04-serial.00228TSerial: EB-00228T Use of the word love; controlling reality so as not to feel disappointment. causation, Sangha, Doubt, Liberation, Describe |
Sep 04 2009 |
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2009.10.02-serial.00228XSerial: EB-00228X Visiting the Apple Store; noticing attachments, desires and cravings. Attachment, Desire, Sangha, Greed, Intimacy |
Oct 02 2009 |
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Spiritual Friendship Practice Period, War, Interdependence, Sangha, Impermanence, Chanting, Separation,... |
Dec 05 2009 |
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Taking Refuge Attachment, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Hate, Soto Zen, Anger, Fox, Demons, Impermanence,... |
Mar 13 2010 |
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Berkeley Zendo and MoneySerial: BZ-02094 Mandalas, Saturday Lecture Sojun's early practice, Sangha, Supporting Practice
Samsara, Sangha, Samsara, Building, Enemies, Nirvana, Practice Position, Culture,... |
Apr 17 2010 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Loving Speech Right Speech, Patience, Four Foundations, Offering, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Karma,... |
Jul 31 2010 |
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2010.08.07-serial.00124 Precepts, Meditation, training, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Vows, Mindfulness, Samadhi... |
Aug 07 2010 |
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Building and Maintenance History of the Berkeley Zen CenterSerial: BZ-02125 Sangha, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Berkeley Zen Center, Sangha |
Sep 11 2010 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Intimacy with Birth and Death: The 39th Yearly Memorial for Suzuki Roshi Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Sangha, Priest |
Dec 04 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Direct Experience of RealitySerial: BZ-02146 Suzuki Roshi, Rohatsu Day 4 Idealistic and Realistic Zen
First Principle, Bell, Continuous, Birth-and-Death, Judgement, Repentance, Sangha,... |
Dec 08 2010 Berkeley Zen Center |
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You Can't Make a Date with EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-02149 Not Always So, Rohatsu Day 7 Sangha, Duality, Intuition, Composure, Buddha Nature, Humility, Continuous, Daily... |
Dec 11 2010 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Our Approach To Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-02174 Peaceful and Harmonious Abiding, One-Day Sitting Sangha, Ango, Practice Period, Practice Period, Continuous, Commitment, Forgiveness,... |
May 07 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Transforming the Mind of Delusion Balance, cognitive process, Transmission, Sangha |
Jul 28 2011 The Yoga Room |
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Dharma KaleidescopeSerial: BZ-02225 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture Peace, Lay Practice, Platform Sutra, Evil, Evil, Karma, New Year, Platform Sutra,... |
Jan 07 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sangha Practice Berkeley Zen Center, Four Noble Truths, Sangha, Liberation, Bodhisattva Precepts,... |
Mar 31 2012 |
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Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-02252 3 Pure Precepts, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Repentance, Vows, Repentance, Evil, Precepts, Karma, Vows, Four Noble... |
Jul 07 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2012.07.29-serial.00139 Sangha, Precepts, Repentance, Vows, Samsara, Heart Sutra, Meditation, Posture,... |
Jul 29 2012 |
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Ryokan's Waka Poems Offering, Attachment, Lay, Greed, Precepts, Repentance, Sangha, Discrimination,... |
Aug 04 2012 |