The Sangha

The Sangha

When the Buddha "went forth" from home to become a wandering mendicant, he was following a practice fairly common at the time. Others, too roam the countryside, singly or in bands, under the leadership of a spiritual leader or alone.

And in gathering his first discipline together in deer park at Sarnath, the Buddha was simply doing what other spiritual teachers of the time did, for the broad community of wandering ascetic was already divided into a number of Sanghas - religious fellowships- centred on particular teachers.

The word Sangha has many meanings. Italicized, we use it in the most general Pali or Sanskrit sense to mean simply a group or collection of people.

In Buddhism, Sangha form the Third of the Three Jewels - The Buddha, The Daharma and the Sangha - it refers exclusively to the Arya Sangha, the Noble Sangha, all those spiritual attainments are such that there is no possibility pf their ever falling back into the grip of Samsara.

More generally, Sangha is also used to refer to the wider Buddhist spiritual community - all those who follow the Buddha's teachings and live according to this Dharma.

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