Buddha: The Triple Jewel

What are the Three Refuges?

• The Buddha

• The Dharma

• The Jewel

• The Sangha

The Buddha is...

• the path

• the guide

• the teachers or companions along the way

• the god

The Dharma is...

• the guide

• the teachers or companions along the way

• the enlightenment

• the path

The Sangha are...

• the path

• the road to enlightenment

• the guide

• the teachers or companions along the way

For a Buddhist, taking refuge is the first step on the path to enlightenment.

What does taking refuge means?

• living life in a fuller, truer way

• learning valuable lessons

Who is the enlightened beings?

• someone who sees the nature of reality absolutely clearly, just as it is, and lives fully and naturally in accordance with that vision

• the ultimate teacher and spiritual example

What does regarding the Dharma as a refuge means?

• seeing these teachings as the best guide to reality

• seeing him as your ultimate teacher and spiritual example

• committing yourself to practising them

The core ethical code of Buddhism is known as the Five Precepts

• True

• False

Buddhists here also use the word to describe a specific community or group, and you will often hear people talk about “my sangha”

What is “my sangha”?

• one who take the precepts

• the Buddhist community to which they belong