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The idea that all Buddhists, especially sangha members, practice vegetarianism is a Western misperception. In the Pali Canon, the Buddha rejected a suggestion by Devadatta to impose vegetarianism on the sangha. According to the Pali Texts, the Buddha ate meat as long as the animal was not killed specifically for him.
Sangha Trinational (French: Trinational de la Sangha, TNS) is a forest divided between the nations of Central African Republic, Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville.It was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 because of its outstanding biodiversity and unique biological communities.
The Vajjika (Pāli: Vajjika) or Vrijika (IAST: Vṛjika) League, Confederacy, or Sangha, also called simply Vajji (Pāli: Vajji) or Vriji (IAST: Vṛji), was an ancient Indo-Aryan league which existed during the later Iron Age period in the north-eastern Indian subcontinent.
The Sangha (also known as Sanga) are an ethnic group in the northern Republic of the Congo. [1] They make up 5.6% of the Congo's population, making them the fourth ...
The phrase gana sangha can be translated as (rule by) tribal assembly. In ancient Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya [ 5 ] which make frequent reference to the great states in ancient India , the texts often use the phrase to refer a type of aristocratic rule, contrast to monarchy (साम्राज्य samarajya in Sanskrit).
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One or more villages under the Sankara Sangha have one such committee, which is known as Prathamic Samiti (primary committee). The committee headed by Manipad Bora was the first-ever Prathamic Samiti. Presently the Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha has 5,672 Prathamic Samiti, which itself is a record for any religious organization.
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