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The 52 pages that link to Buddhist monasticism, each with the reason it gives.

• SanghaNarrower topic: The Sangha is the community formed through Buddhist monastic life.

• Pala EmpireNarrower topic: Pala patronage strengthened monastic institutions whose influence reached far beyond the empire.

• Ajanta CavesNarrower topic: Monastic communities supplied the institutional setting for Ajanta’s viharas.

• First Buddhist CouncilNarrower topic: The council’s attributed codification of discipline supports monastic continuity.

• Samye MonasteryNarrower topic: Samye was founded to establish an enduring community of ordained practitioners in Tibet.

• Mahapajapati GotamiNarrower topic: Mahapajapati’s ordination marks the beginning of the nuns’ community within this broader tradition.

• MahaviharaNarrower topic: Mahavihara was a prominent monastery within this wider institutional tradition.

• UpasampadāNarrower topic: Upasampadā establishes full participation in this distinctive way of life.

• Nalanda MahaviharaNarrower topic: Monastic life supplied Nalanda’s resident community and daily structure.

• Vinaya PiṭakaNarrower topic: The Vinaya is the canonical framework for this broader way of life.

• Shaolin MonasteryNarrower topic: Shaolin’s daily life follows the institutions and disciplines of Buddhist monasticism.

• Somapura MahaviharaNarrower topic: The monastery’s resident community belonged to a long-standing Buddhist monastic tradition.

• DharmaguptakaNarrower topic: The school’s enduring influence is chiefly institutional and monastic.

• Pushyamitra ShungaNarrower topic: Claims about attacks on monasteries frame the debate over Pushyamitra’s religious policy.

• Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinentNarrower topic: Monasteries sustained teaching and community life, making their declining support consequential.

• History of BuddhismNarrower topic: Monastic communities were the durable institutions through which early Buddhism spread.

• Mahāprajāpatī GautamīNarrower topic: Her ordination story concerns entry into the Buddha’s renunciant community.