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What Are the Three Jewels?
Taking refuge in the Buddha, dharma, and sangha
Taking refuge in the Buddha, dharma, and sangha
For the first time, Buddhists from virtually every tradition can be found in the same country—even the same city. We have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from one another.
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One practitioner talks about how to take refuge in Trump’s America.
The Three Jewels
Defining the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha.
The three positive attitudes that allow the dharma to penetrate your heart
While on silent vipassana retreat many years ago, I was introduced to the Buddhist tradition of Taking Refuge. Along with about one hundred other yogis (retreatants), I repeated after our teachers these phrases: “I take refuge in the Buddha, I take refuge in the Dharma, I take refuge in the Sangha.” We chanted this trio […]
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