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A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter

A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter Do not store a unique membership series. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter Do not store a unique membership series. Gautama Buddha's documented role is: Received community. Vinaya as later compiled law is neighbouring.

Context

Ganges-plain kingdoms as alms landscape. Sharing unnamed monks is required. The setting of A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter is the public file around -0470-01-01. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

Improving path from A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter on -0470-01-01. A public mendicant community is a cohesion path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Shared responsibility is part of A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter. Naming Gautama Buddha does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0470-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Gautama Buddha

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.56 · verified

    Received community. Vinaya as later compiled law is neighbouring.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactA sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 470 · verified

    A public mendicant community is a cohesion path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Buddha, early life neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — BuddhaStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — sangha at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — sangha (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Buddha (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buddha/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter under -0470-01-01 for Gautama Buddha. Established: a sourced public record of A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter under -0470-01-01.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter are separate paths.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGautama Buddha
  2. contributed toFactA sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). A sangha of homeless mendicants is received as the social instrument of the teaching, not a modern NGO charter. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-sangha

https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-sangha

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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