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Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia

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The Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia (Sangharāja; សម្តេចព្រះសង្ឃរាជ, pronounced) is the de facto leader of Buddhism in Cambodia. [1]

23 relations: Bour Kry, Buddhism in Cambodia, Buddhism in Vietnam, Buddhist calendar, Cambodia Constituent Assembly, Chuon Nath, Common Era, De facto, Dhammayuttika Nikaya, Dharma name, Maha Nikaya, Monarchy of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, Pali, Paris Peace Accords, People's Republic of Kampuchea, Preah Maha Ghosananda, Sangha, Sangharaja, Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Tep Vong, Thailand, The Cambodia Daily.

Bour Kry

Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry (បួរ គ្រី) (born January 11, 1945) is the seventh and current Supreme Patriarch of the Thammayut order of Cambodia.

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Buddhism in Cambodia

Buddhism in Cambodia is currently a form of Theravada Buddhism.

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Buddhism in Vietnam

Buddhism in Vietnam (Đạo Phật or Phật Giáo in Vietnamese), as practised by the ethnic Vietnamese, is mainly of the Mahayana tradition.

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Buddhist calendar

The Buddhist calendar is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in mainland Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka and Chinese populations of Malaysia and Singapore for religious or official occasions.

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Cambodia Constituent Assembly

The Cambodian Constituent Assembly was a body elected in 1993 to draft a constitution for Cambodia as provided in the Paris Peace Accord.

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Chuon Nath

Samdech Sangha Raja Jhotañano Chuon Nath (ជួន ណាត; 11 March 1883 – 25 September 1969) is the late Kana Mahanikaya Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia.

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Common Era

Common Era or Current Era (CE) is one of the notation systems for the world's most widely used calendar era – an alternative to the Dionysian AD and BC system.

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De facto

In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.

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Dhammayuttika Nikaya

Dhammayuttika Nikaya (Pali; ธรรมยุติกนิกาย;; ធម្មយុត្តិក និកាយ Thommoyouttek Nikeay), or Thammayut (ธรรมยุต) is an order of Theravada Buddhist bhikkhus (monks) in Thailand, Cambodia and Burma, with significant branches in the Western world.

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Dharma name

A Dharma name is a new name acquired during a Buddhist initiation ritual in Mahayana Buddhism and monk ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name).

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Maha Nikaya

The Maha Nikaya (literal translation: "Great Collection") is one of the two principal fraternities of modern Thai Buddhism.

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Monarchy of Cambodia

The King of Cambodia (ព្រះមហាក្សត្រនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Roi du Royaume du Cambodge) is the head of state of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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Norodom Sihanouk

Norodom Sihanouk (នរោត្តម សីហនុ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian royal politician and the King of Cambodia.

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Pali

Pali, or Magadhan, is a Middle Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Paris Peace Accords

The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.

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People's Republic of Kampuchea

The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK; សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា, Sathéaranakrâth Pracheameanit Kâmpŭchéa; République populaire du Kampuchéa) was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian communists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government.

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Preah Maha Ghosananda

Maha Ghosananda (full title Samdech Preah Maha Ghosananda - សម្ដចព្រះមហាឃោសានន្ទ) (May 23, 1913 – March 12, 2007) was a highly revered Cambodian Buddhist monk at CNN.com in the Theravada tradition, who served as the Patriarch (Sangharaja) of Cambodian Buddhism during the Khmer Rouge period and post-communist transition period of Cambodian history.

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Sangha

Sangha (saṅgha; saṃgha; සංඝයා; พระสงฆ์; Tamil: சங்கம்) is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community" and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of bhikkhus (monks) and bhikkhunis (nuns).

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Sangharaja

Sangharaja (Pāli: sangha religious community + raja ruler, king, or prince) is the title given in many Theravada Buddhist countries to a senior monk who is the titular head either of a monastic fraternity (nikaya), or of the Sangha throughout the country.

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Supreme Patriarch of Thailand

The Supreme Patriarch or Sangharaja (สังฆราช) is the head of the order of Buddhist monks in Thailand.

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Tep Vong

Samdech Preah Agga Mahā Sangharājādhipati Tep Vong (ទេព វង្ស,; born 12 January 1932) is a Cambodian Buddhist monk, currently the Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, known for his role in re-establishing the Cambodian monkhood after the Pol Pot period and for his links to dominant political leaders since the 1980s.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The Cambodia Daily

The Cambodia Daily was an English-language daily newspaper based in Cambodia.

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Redirects here:

Supreme Patriarch of Kampuchea, Supreme Patriarch of Kâmpŭchea.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Patriarch_of_Cambodia

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