angha means spiritual community, so the Manchester Buddhist Centre Sangha includes anyone who practises with the Triratna Buddhist Community and comes to the Centre regularly
Our Sangha is made up of ordained members of the Triratna Buddhist Order; Mitras; and friends who have not made any formal commitment but have completed some Buddhism and meditation courses here and feel involved with the Centre’s activities and values.
Triratna translates as Buddhism’s Three Jewels — the Buddha as example, his teachings or Dharma, and the Sangha or community. The Buddha famously said that the spiritual community is not half of the spiritual life, it is the whole of it.