{{Short description|Pāli term referring to Buddhist lay renunciants}}{{No footnotes|date=February 2024}}{{about|the term anagārika in general|the Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer|Anagarika Dharmapala}}
{{peoplepalicanon}} alt=Anagarika the person who dedicated his life to practice Buddhism|thumb|Anagarika Dharmapala In Buddhism, an '''anagārika''' (Pali, 'homeless one', {{IPA|pi|əˈnəɡɑːrɪkə|}}; f. ''anagārikā'' {{IPA|pi|əˈnəɡɑːrɪkɑː|}}) is a person who has given up most or all of their worldly possessions and responsibilities to commit full-time to Buddhist practice. It is a midway status between a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni (fully ordained monastics) and laypersons. An anagārika takes the Eight Precepts, and might remain in this state for life.
==Notable Anagārikas== * Anagārika Dharmapāla * Anagārika Govinda * Anagārika Munindra
==External links== * [http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/monastic/train.htm "Monastic: Training,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809114931/http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/monastic/train.htm |date=2021-08-09 }} from "BuddhaMind Info". * [https://www.abhayagiri.org/media/newsletters/abhayagiri_newsletter_2007_spring.pdf "Anagarika Life"] from Abhayagiri Monastery Newsletter Spring 2007. * [https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=22438 Anagarika Ordination Questions] from DhammaWheel forum, 2014. * [https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=10953 A proper preparation for becoming an anagarika] from DhammaWheel forum, 2011. * [https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=19814 Question about Anagarikas] from DhammaWheel forum, 2014 * [https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=29606 Anagarika is post-canonical invention] from DhammaWheel forum, 2017.
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