Zen precept #3: I take refuge in the Sangha.
Sangha is translated as "harmony" from the language of Buddha's time, Pali. On one level it is "the community of those who practice the truth realized by the Buddha." On another level, it is the "release from bondage to the world of birth and death." Reb Anderson talks about the sangha as the connection with other beings who encourage, challenge, energize and make us vulnerable. With a little help from our spiritual friends, we return to our true nature, freeing us to be ourselves.
--Quotations from "Being Upright" by Reb Anderson
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