Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Three Jewels are:

Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali: The Enlightened or Awakened One; Chn:

佛陀, Fótuó, Jpn: 仏, Butsu, Tib: sangs-rgyas, Mong: burqan),

who, depending on one's interpretation, can mean the

historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, or the Buddha nature—the ideal

or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings;
Dharma (Sanskrit: The Teaching; Pali: Dhamma, Chn: 法, Fǎ, Jpn:

Hō, Tib: chos, Mong: nom), the teachings of the Buddha.
Sangha (Sanskrit, Pali: The Community; Chn: 僧, Sēng, Jpn: Sō,

Tib: dge-'dun, Mong: quvaraɣ), The community of those who have

attained enlightenment, who may help a practicing Buddhist to

do the same. Also used more broadly to refer to the community

of practicing Buddhists.

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