| Agya, along with the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, is a member of the Gelug, or Yellow Hat, sect of Tibetan Buddhism. |
| He founded a sect which holds him up as the Great Exemplar of mankind, and scarcely one member of which even tries to tread in his footsteps. |
| Sallinen was born at Narmes, the son of a tailor who belonged to the puritanical religious sect of the Hihhulit. |
| The Bogomils ' ideas were formed under the influence of a sect widely spread in Byzantium. |
| Followers of Jain religion and a sect of Buddhists are known to propagate the teachings of non-violence and strictly avoid eating meat. |
| In the 11 th century in the Middle East the Shiite sect known as the Assassins would eat hashish before murdering civilian foes. |
