| Translations of refuge | |
|---|---|
| Sanskrit | शरण (IAST: śaraṇa) |
| Pali | saraṇa |
| Bengali | শরন (shôrôn) |
| Burmese | သရဏ (tharana) |
| Chinese | 皈依 (Pinyin: guīyī) |
| Indonesian | perlindungan, pelindung |
| Japanese | 帰依 (Rōmaji: kie) |
| Khmer | សរណៈ (saranak) |
| Korean | 귀의 (RR: gwiui) |
| Sinhala | සරණ (saraṇa) |
| Tamil | சரணம் (saranam / saran) |
| Tagalog | salanam (Baybayin: ᜐᜀᜎᜀᜈᜀ) |
| Thai | สรณะ, ที่พึ่ง ที่ระลึก (RTGS: sarana, thi phueng thi raluek) |
| Vietnamese | quy y |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
| Translations of three jewels | |
|---|---|
| English | three jewels, three treasures, triple gem |
| Sanskrit | त्रिरत्न, रत्नत्रय (IAST: triratna, ratna-traya) |
| Pali | tiratana, ratanattaya |
| Burmese | ရတနာသုံးပါး (jadanà θóuɴ bá) |
| Chinese | 三宝, 三寶 (Pinyin: sānbǎo) |
| Indonesian | triratna, tiga permata, tiga mestika |
| Japanese | 三宝 (Rōmaji: sambō, sampō) |
| Korean | 삼보 (RR: sambo) |
| Tibetan | དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ, (dkon mchog gsum) |
| Thai | ไตรรัตน์, รัตนตรัย (RTGS: trairat, rattanatrai) |
| Vietnamese | tam bảo |
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In Buddhism, refuge or taking refuge refers to a religious practice which often includes a prayer or recitation performed at the beginning of the day or of a practice session. Its object is typically the Three Jewels (also known as the Triple Gem or Three Refuges, Pali: ti-ratana or ratana-ttaya; Sanskrit: tri-ratna or ratna-traya), which are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.[1][2] Taking refuge is a form of aspiration to lead a life with the Triple Gem at its core. In early Buddhist scriptures, taking refuge is an expression of determination to follow the Buddha's path, but not a relinquishing of responsibility.[3] Refuge is common to all major schools of Buddhism.
Since the period of Early Buddhism, all Theravada and mainstream Mahayana schools only take refuge in the Triple Gem. However, the Vajrayana school includes an expanded refuge formula known as the Three Jewels and Three Roots.[4]
In 1880, Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Blavatsky went through a ceremony called "the Three Refuges and Five Precepts" to become Buddhist.[5]
- ^ Irons 2008, p. 403.
- ^ Robinson & Johnson 1997, p. 43.
- ^ Kariyawasam 1995, p. [page needed].
- ^ Ray 2004, p. 60.
- ^ Sakya 2011, p. 244.