]> 2026-09-16T00:01:42-04:00 Recent Essays/Post-4 0 en The Three Jewels form one of the fundamental concepts in Buddhism. The Buddha as the teacher, his teachings, or the Dharma, as the path, and his followers, or Sangha, as the companion are known as ''triratna'' in Sanskrit, ''triratana'' in Pali, and ''könchosum'' (དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ་, Wyl. ''dkon mchog gsum'') in Tibetan. The Sanskrit term ''ratna'' and Pali ''ratana'' means jewel, gem, or treasure. The Tibetan word ''köncho'' literally means rare and supreme. Why are the Buddha, his teachings, and his followers considered to be jewels or to be rare and supreme? What is the reason behind the term ''Three Jewels'' or ''Triple Gem''? The ''Ratnagotravibhāga'', which is a treatise on the spiritual gene of the Three Jewels, states in [[Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga_Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra/Root_Verses/Verse_I.22|Verse l.22]] that they are considered jewels or gems because they are rare, stainless, powerful, supreme, immutable, and ornaments of the world. Find more translations and explanations of this verse [[Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga_Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra/Root_Verses/Verse_I.22|here]]. October 2020, Week 2 File:Three-jewels-360x347.jpg 2020-10-08T16:45:57Z 2459131.1985764 Topic of the Week: Explaining the term ''Three Jewels'' The Buddha's teaching on the fundamental nature of the human mind has always been a great source of inspiration and hope for me. The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso 2020-10-16T07:23:48Z 2459138.8081944 2022-04-29T16:06:32Z 2459699.1712037 false Recent Essays/Post-4 Topic of the week/Post-4 0 en Topic of the week/Post-4 REDI 102 en REDI