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  • She eats snacks off the table when Sangha is held at my house.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2008

  • She eats snacks off the table when Sangha is held at my house.

    12 Questions Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2008

  • The usage of the word Sangha to refer to people who go to a Dharma center is purely a Western convention.

    Down-to-Earth Explanation of the Seven-Limb Preliminary Practice 2001

  • Most Thai males enter the Buddhist clergy, called the Sangha, at least once in their lives.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • Most Thai males enter the Buddhist clergy, called the Sangha, at least once in their lives.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • The monks, also called Sangha, as the important pillar of Buddhism, play an important role during the festival.

    Myanmar: Where is happiness in Burma for Waso festival ? 2008

  • Aware that the essence and aim of a Sangha is the practice of understanding and compassion, we are determined not to use the Buddhist community for personal gain or profit or transform our community into a political instrument.

    The 14 Mindfulness Trainings William Harryman 2007

  • The Sangha is the heart of Buddhism, because its lifestyle embodies externally the inner state of Nibbana.

    Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

  • The Sangha is the community of highly realized beings who have beheld reality straightforwardly and nonconceptually.

    The Compassionate Heart of Bodhichitta 1988

  • His Sangha was the most successful of them all and doubtless surpassed the others in this as in other respects.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

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