Describe the internal functioning of the Buddhist Sanghas.
The Buddhist Sanghas:
(i) Gautama Buddha also organised the Sanghas or the religious orders. The doors were opened to everybody, irrespective of caste and sex.
(ii) The rule that debtors were not permitted to be the members of Sangha naturally helped the money leaders and richer sections of society from whose clutches the debtors could not be saved.
(iii) Similarly, the rule that slaves could not join the Sangha helped the slave owners.
(iv) The members of the Buddhist Sangha used to live in Viharas. They led a pure life. Except, rainy seasons, all the monks used to go from village to village and from door to door. They begged food and eatables for them and preached the people, whenever they used to get a chance.
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