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Three Jewels
三宝
The Three Jewels - also known as the Triple Gem, the Three Treasures, or the Three Refuges - are the three things from which Buddhists seek guidance: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Depending on the particular school of Buddhism, Buddha can refer to the specific Buddha Siddhartha Gautama or to the universal Buddha nature that potentially exists in all beings. Dharma refers to the teachings of Gautama Buddha. Sangha refers to the community of enlightened or partially enlightened beings, and more broadly to all Buddhist practitioners. A person becomes a Buddhist by “taking refuge” in the Three Jewels, a step typically facilitated by a religious ceremony.
三宝，亦作三重宝、三种财，或三归依，是佛教徒寻求指引的三种事物：佛、法、僧。在不同的佛教派别的教义中，佛可以指佛陀乔达摩•悉达多，也可指潜存于所有存在物中的普遍的佛性。法指的是佛祖的教导。僧伽指的是悟道者或部分悟道者的共同体，在更广泛的意义上指所有的修习佛法者。通过“托庇”于三宝，人可以成为佛教徒，这一步通常由某种宗教仪式促成。