Buddhist Sangha

Monastic Order
คณะสงฆ์พุทธ 

Those who followed the Buddha came to be called the Sangha—the community of monks (bhikkhus). Those who became monks and nuns underwent an ordination ceremony of 
shaving their heads and donning robes to symbolise world-renunciation. They entered into the homeless 
life of wandering monastics who settled down in monasteries.

The Sangha follows an extensive code of monastic rules, the Pāṭimokkha, developed to govern the conduct of ordained persons.

The monastic and lay communities are interdependent. The laity receive teachings and 
guidance from monastics, while the monastics receive food, clothing, shelter, and in some cases all of 
their material requirements from the laity. Providing food and supplies to the monks is considered by 
many lay Buddhists to be an act of “merit-making,” earning good karma.

Associated temples | วัดที่เกี่ยวข้อง:
Pabhāvanā Forest Monastery วัดป่าภาวนา
https://www.roblox.com/games/97129326230510/Pabh-van-Forest-Monastery