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hmm .....you guys!

TheFoundTheFound
edited November 2010 in Buddhism Basics
I was just thinking about "YOU GUYS", i'm having a good time ..reflecting on Buddhism a little.. and I thought;"i hope those guys are having a good time right now."

Does that mean YOU GUYS count as like a what's the word.. SANGHA? and maybe , I count as a member of YOUR sangha?

omg i just realized why there is SANGHA lol

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  • The_Fruit_Punch_WizaThe_Fruit_Punch_Wiza Veteran
    edited November 2010
    XD I suppose we do count as your sangha.
  • conradcookconradcook Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Possibly an abuse of the term.
    The Pali word "sangha" literally means "group" or "congregation," but when it is used in the suttas, the word usually refers to one of two very specific kinds of groups: either the community of Buddhist monastics (bhikkhus and bhikkhunis), or the community of people who have attained at least the first stage of Awakening. In recent decades, a new usage of the word has emerged in the West, one that seems to have no basis in classical Theravada Buddhist teachings: the usage of the word "sangha" to describe a meditation group or any sort of spiritual community...

    http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bullitt/bfaq.html#sangha

    Buddha bless,

    Conrad.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited November 2010
    My teacher said the sangha is the people who embody buddhas teachings at times.
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