spiritual community
Souls gathered together
A spiritual community is a group united by shared religious beliefs, contemplative practices, or pursuit of transcendent meaning.
The term encompasses traditional congregations, meditation centers, monasteries, and looser gatherings of seekers.
Unlike purely social groups, spiritual communities organize around questions of ultimate purpose, moral development, or connection to the sacred: She found her spiritual community at a Buddhist sangha after leaving the church.
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- prayerAddress to deity
- prayer circleGroup gathered for collective worship
- faithTrust without proof
- higher powerTranscendent spiritual entity
communal living · fellowship · shared values · interfaith dialogue · monastery · retreat center · healing circles · group meditation · song · chanting · mysticism · pantheism · worship · sacred dance · mentorship · pilgrimage · enlightenment · divine connection
- Chinese spiritualityConfucianism, Taoism, Daoism, folk religion, feng shui
- Communescommunes, communal living, kibbutz, hippie commune, utopian communities
- Guru Traditionsparampara, disciples, master, darshan, ashram
- religious organizationsBaptist churches, congregations, Methodist churches, Methodist Church, parishes
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- religious communitiesabbey, ashram, ashrams, convent, friary
spiritual communitybusiness association
Organization of commercial entities
trade guild · commercial enterprise · corporation · professional network · political party
spiritual communityisolation
Complete separation from others
solitude · social alienation · disconnection · loneliness · alienation