Many of these female authors were disciples ... The community of fellow practitioners in Buddhism is called the sangha. It is one of the Three Jewels, the other two being the teacher, the Buddha ...

This is because the monks don't have or want many possessions, and what they do have is given to them by the sangha - the Buddhist community. We call this almsgiving or dana. Giving the monks new ...

Moreover, such flowering of the Buddha Dharma proceeded in many directions over different ... geographical area created a ...