Rude Awakenings - Forest Sangha Publications

^0 G L O S S A RY 06sabong (Hindi) “sarong.” A simple wrapped cloth worn like a skirt. Thisis the name used for the under-robe worn by bhikkhus.sadhu (Hindi) wandering holy man. Formalized by Shankara intoorders, bringing the wandering samana ethic into the mainstream. Anyonecan become a sadhu, as in becoming one the person renounces casteand takes on a life outside of but supported by secular society. Sadhuslive by begging food and money and are usually dressed in ochre robesand often covered in dabs of paint to signify the deity they follow. In Pali“Sadhu” is an exclamation meaning “it is well,” used by listeners at theend of a Buddhist desana.sal (Hindi) dominant tree of the drier soils of northern India and theHimalayan foothills.samadhi (Pali/Sanskrit) “collectedness.” Mental calm, a concentrated,equanimous state of mind in which excitement and dullness are overcome.samana (Pali) one who has entered the holy life; a religious. Formerly aloosely defined movement of religious seekers in India on the fringes ofor outside of the Vedic mainstream, which they probably predate.samsara (Sanskrit) the frustrating repetitive round of birth and death.The opposite of nirvana.Sangha (Pali) “order.” Community of those who follow the Buddha’spath. Often, more specifically, those who have committed themselvesto a monastic training.sanghati (Pali) the upper robe of a bhikkhu. Today usually not worn butdraped over the left shoulder for formal occasions. It is made out ofmany pieces of cloth sown together.shikar (Hindi) feudal hunting area. In the Ganges Plain these were theonly areas of jungle left by the end of the British Raj and the fall of theIndian Rajas. They became state-owned forest or game reserves and gotlittle protection. Many are now nature reserves.3 0 1