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Sangha or saṃgha (IPA: [sɐnɡʱɐ]) 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 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 unenlightened sāvakas (lay followers) nor does it refer to the community of Buddhists as a whole. Instead, the Theravada school uses the term parisā ("assembly") or catuparisā ("fourfold assembly") to refer to the bhikkhu, bhikkhunī, upāsaka, and upāsikā as a collective.

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Cultivating Presence Through Monastic Practice

Serial: RB-02777

Practice-Period_Talks

Practice, Sangha, Consciousness
Apr 10 2009
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

Forbearance Practice Khanti Paramita: Engaged Buddhism (Prison Work): Serial No. 01075

Paramitas, Engaged Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, Politics, Two Truths, Absolute-and-Relative...
Nov 29 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

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

November 22nd, 2008, Serial No. 03602

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Sangha
Nov 22 2008

Zen Blossoms Beyond Monasteries

Serial: RB-01670D

Seminar_The_New_Buddhism

Practice, Sangha, Buddhism
Oct 2008
Johanneshof

Precepts and Zazen

Serial: BZ-01158

Harmonizing Buddha Nature, Instincts, and Desires, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Zazen, Desire, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Concentration, Buddha Nature,...
Sep 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Entering and Embodying Truth 

Suzuki Roshi, Koan, Community, Sangha, Evil
Jul 22 2008
The Yoga Room

February 23rd, 2008, Serial No. 03548

Emptiness, Sangha, Intimacy
Feb 23 2008

January 17th, 2008, Serial No. 03517

Sangha, Dogen, Offering
Jan 17 2008

Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold Path

Serial: BZ-01003

Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra, Hindrances,...
Oct 13 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

October 10th, 2007, Serial No. 03475

Sangha, Letting Go
Oct 10 2007

Blue Cliff Record: Case #61

Serial: BZ-01002

Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture

Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Dragons, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, Lineage,...
Oct 06 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith in Buddhism: What is Buddhist Faith

Serial: BZ-01057A

Class 5 of 5

Karma, Constancy, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death...
Jun 14 2007
5
Berkeley Zen Center

From Self-Narratives to Communal Harmony

Serial: RB-04004

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Practice, Work
May 2007
Johanneshof

Breathing Zen: Beyond Words and Lineages

Serial: RB-04005

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Practice, Time
May 2007
Johanneshof

Sangha as Living Impermanence

Serial: RB-04007

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Practice, Emptiness
May 2007
Johanneshof

Transcending Impermanence: The Sangha Path

Serial: RB-04006

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Practice, Time
May 2007
Johanneshof

Sangha: The Heart of Buddhism

Serial: RB-04003

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Buddha, War
May 2007
Johanneshof

Transcending Boundaries: Space and Identity

Serial: RB-04001

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Zazen
May 2007
Johanneshof

Sangha: From Self to Society

Serial: RB-03999

Seminar_Sangha

Sangha, Buddha
May 2007
Johanneshof

Embracing Imperfection on the Spiritual Path

Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Thich Nhat Hanh, Realization, Sangha
Mar 26 2007

Developing Confidence in Buddha Nature

Serial: SF-00074

Sunday talk.
Koan with the wild ducks; story of the king who questioned the Buddha; report on global warming.

Baizhang, Global Warming, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Delusion, Practice Period, Dragons...
Mar 18 2007
Green Gulch Farm

January 23rd, 2007, Serial No. 03396

Intention, Sangha, Diversity
Jan 23 2007

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

Integrating Buddhism into Western Roots

Serial: RB-01651I

Seminar_How_does_Buddha_Show_Up?

Practice, Sangha, Work
Nov 2006
Hannover

Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and Dying

Serial: 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, Six Realms, Death-and-Dying, Offering, Vow, Ordination, Sangha, Emptiness,...
Oct 29 2006

Sojun Gives Doan and Kokyo Training: Chanting and Bells

Serial: BZ-01046

Class

Bell, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, Sangha, Bowing,...
Oct 28 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Have Some Tea

Serial: SF-00965

Sunday Lecture: "Have you been here before? Have some tea"; judgment and conduct; Four Noble Truths; Eightfold Path; ethics and etiquette

Joshu, Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, Right Effort, Three Treasures, Right Speech...
May 07 2006
Green Gulch Farm

Gazing at Flowers on the Roof of Hell

Serial: SF-00914

Sunday Lecture: learning zazen with Soen Roshi in Jerusalem - interfaith practice; Easter - rebirth; Issa "Walking together on the roof of hell, looking at flowers";...

Practice, Time, Sangha
Apr 16 2006
Green Gulch Farm

2006.02.03-serial.00120

Anger, Happiness, Gratitude, Dragons, Attachment, Chanting, Greed, Enemies, Sangha,...
Feb 03 2006

2006.02.02-serial.00123

Lay, Precepts, Funeral, Sangha, Happiness, Offering, Buddha Nature, Fundraising,...
Feb 02 2006

2006.02.01-serial.00003

Offering, Patience, confusion, Sangha, Precepts, Mindfulness, Beginners, Gratitude,...
Feb 01 2006

2006.01.30-serial.00170A

Passions, Gratitude, Instruction, Freedom, Sangha, Attachment, Anger, Offering...
Jan 30 2006

Awakening Through Collective Zen Silence

Serial: RB-01648C

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Silence, Practice, Sangha
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Awakening Buddha Within Each Moment

Serial: RB-01648J

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Buddha, Practice, Sangha
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Sangha: Community as Living Teachings

Serial: RB-01648I

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Buddhism, Sangha, Practice
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Embodied Zen: Gesture and Mind Harmony

Serial: RB-01648H

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Practice, Sangha, Work
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

The Collective Awakening Within Silence

Serial: RB-01648A

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Posture, Practice, Sangha
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Embodied Consensus in Sangha Dynamics

Serial: RB-01648G

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Sangha, Culture, Work
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Reimagining Sangha: Posture and Presence

Serial: RB-01648E

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Practice, Sangha, Buddha Nature
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Evolving Sangha: Tradition and Transformation

Serial: RB-01648F

Seminar_Sangha_Yesterday_and_Today

Sangha, Practice, Culture
Jan 2006
Johanneshof

Buddha's Pointing at the Ground

Serial: 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

Morning, Noon, Evening

Katagiri Roshi, Charlotte Selver, Sensory Awareness, Instruction, Posture, Sangha...
Oct 09 2005
Green Gulch Farm

Settling Into Monastic Practice Together

Practice Period, Shingi, Monastic Practice, Sangha, Global Warming, Buddha Ancestors...
Oct 02 2005
Tassajara

Mahayana Abhidharma

Consciousness, Bodhisattva, Sangha
Sep 28 2005
6
Green Gulch Farm

Embodied Zen: Unity in Practice

Serial: RB-01646J

Seminar_Somatic_Space

Practice, Lay Practice, Sangha
Sep 2005
Johanneshof

Making Mistakes

Serial: BZ-01339C

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sangha, Conversation, Precepts
Jul 30 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Sincere Engagement in Zen Practice

Dragons, Bell, Instruction, Tenzo, Sangha
Apr 25 2005

Precepts, Student-Teacher Relationship

Serial: BZ-00598

Sesshin Day 4

Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Observe, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Big Mind...
Mar 26 2005
Tassajara

Zen Rhythms in Daily Harmony

Serial: RB-02984

Practice-Week_The_Benefits_of_Zen-Practice

Sangha, Mindfulness, Meditation
Feb 2005
Johanneshof

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