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Three Jewels
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Buddhist term: refers to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha
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Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Sanskrit
- शरण , ( IAST : śaraṇa )
- Pali
- saraṇa
- Bengali
- শরন , ( shôrôn )
- Burmese
- သရဏ, (tharana)
- Chinese
- 皈依 , ( Pinyin : guīyī )
- Japanese
- 帰依 , ( Rōmaji : kie )
- Khmer
- សរណៈ, (saranak)
- Korean
- 귀의 , ( RR : gwiui )
- Sinhala
- සරණ , ( saraṇa )
- Tagalog
- salanam , ( Baybayin : ᜐᜎᜈᜋ᜔ )
- Tamil
- சரணம் , ( saranam / saran )
- Thai
- สรณะ, ที่พึ่ง ที่ระลึก , ( RTGS : sarana, thi phueng thi raluek )
- Vietnamese
- quy y
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Encyclopedic overview
Veneration of the Three Jewels, Chorasan, Gandhara, 2nd century AD, schist – Ethnological Museum of Berlin
In Buddhism, refuge or taking refuge is a religious practice which often includes a prayer or recitation performed at the beginning of the day or of a practice session. Its object is typically the Three Jewels (also known as the Triple Gem, Three Treasures, or Three Refuges, Pali: ti-ratana or ratana-ttaya; Sanskrit: tri-ratna or ratna-traya), which are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Taking refuge is a form of aspiration to lead a life with the Triple Gem at its core. In early Buddhist scriptures, taking refuge is an expression of determination to follow the Buddha's path, but not a relinquishing of responsibility. Refuge is common to all major schools of Buddhism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Three Jewels” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.