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- Recent Essays/Post-4 + (The Three Jewels form one of the fundament … 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''? </br></br>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]].atantraśāstra/Root_Verses/Verse_I.22|here]].)
