Speaker: Andrew Shakespeare. Andrew reflects on the importance of sangha. Even in conventional communities, our individual well-being depends on the quality of our relationships with others. For Buddhist practitioners, the value of sangha is even more profound. Our appreciation of the sangha deepens as we gain a greater understanding of Buddhist principles like karma and interdependence. Like the benefits of bodhicitta, those of relating to sangha are two-fold: our participation benefits ourselves as well as others.