Sangha
The Buddhist community of practitioners.
Sangha is the community of practitioners: originally the monks and nuns, nowadays often also the group of people you meditate with. The sangha is one of the three jewels of Buddhism, along with the Buddha and the dharma, the teaching.
For someone struggling with a dream, the sangha is a natural place to talk about it. Many Buddhist teachers advise not to unravel such a dream alone, but to share it with people who support you on your path.
Related terms
- Dream yoga A Tibetan Buddhist practice of recognising the dream as a dream.
- Milindapañha A classical Buddhist text that names six causes of dreams.
- Bardo In Tibetan Buddhism, the intermediate state after death.
- Mara In Buddhism, the personification of craving, fear and death.
- Maranasati Reflection on death, a Buddhist practice of mindfulness.
- Dukkha Suffering or unsatisfactoriness, the first of the four noble truths.
- Anicca Impermanence: everything that arises passes away.
- Metta Loving-kindness: the practice of wishing yourself and others well.