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[[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame| | [[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|[[Bodhisattva]] sangha from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[field of merit]]]] | ||
'''Sangha''' (Skt. ''saṅgha''; Tib. ''gendün''; [[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun'') is the term for the community of practitioners who are following the [[Buddha]]'s teachings. | '''Sangha''' (Skt. ''saṅgha''; Tib. ''gendün''; [[Wyl.]] ''dge 'dun'') is the term for the community of practitioners who are following the [[Buddha]]'s teachings. | ||
===Eight Qualities of the Sangha=== | ===Eight Qualities of the Sangha=== | ||
{{:Eight qualities of the sangha}} | {{:Eight qualities of the sangha}} | ||
==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | |||
*[[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]], Berlin Centre, 26 June 2010 | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 6 July 2010
Sangha (Skt. saṅgha; Tib. gendün; Wyl. dge 'dun) is the term for the community of practitioners who are following the Buddha's teachings.
Eight Qualities of the Sangha
According to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, the Sangha has 'eight qualities of knowledge and liberation' (Tib. རིག་གྲོལ་་གྱི་ཡོན་ཏན་བརྒྱད་, rig drol gyi yönten gye; Wyl. rig grol gyi yon tan brgyad):
Knowledge of:
- 1) the profound nature of phenomena
- 2) the vast – phenomena in all their multiplicity
- 3) discriminating awareness wisdom
Liberation of:
- 4) attachment, the emotional obscurations
- 5) hindrance, the cognitive obscurations
- 6) the inferior – the obscurations of the shravakas and pratyekabuddhas
And
- 7) knowledge; and
- 8) liberation.
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Berlin Centre, 26 June 2010
Further Reading
- Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, Shambhala, 2004, pages 108-123.