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Updated: May 12, 2025
This may mean "the laity," or the "upasakas;" but it is better to take the characters in their common Chinese acceptation, as meaning "commoners," "men who have no rank." I do not wonder that Remusat should give for this "et s'en retournent apres."
In some Buddhist countries such as Burma and Siam women enjoy almost the same independence as in Europe. Those who follow the law of the Buddha but are not members of the Sangha are called Upâsakas , that is worshippers or adherents.
The word may be conveniently rendered by laymen although the distinction between clergy and laity, as understood in most parts of Europe, does not quite correspond to the distinction between Bhikkhus and Upâsakas.
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