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The Fourfold Assembly originally refered to those who gathered to hear the Buddha teach the Dharma: Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, Upasakas, and Upasikas, in other words, monks and nuns and laymen and laywomen. It now also refers in general to those four categories of Buddhists.
1) Chinese: sz jung , sz jung di dz , 2) Sanskrit: catur-parsad/parisad, 3) Pali catu-parisa.
See Also: Sangha, Bhikshu, Bhikshuni, Upasaka, Upasika.
Fourfold Sangha, Four-fold Assembly, Four-fold Sangha
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