五十四

54

九

無死 No Death

䷵ 歸妹 "Converting the Maiden"／ "Converting the Virgin" 《皈依處女》„Converte virginem"

VirGō ConVersio (vircō) 帰依きえ • (kie)  (kyūjitai 歸依)

三皈 ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ (Buddhism) the three refuges.

In सूत्रयान Sutrayana, the refuge is taken in the 三寶 Three Jewels (also known as the Triple Gem or 三皈 Three Refuges) which are the बुद्ध Buddha, the धर्म Dharma and the संघ Sangha.

In Buddhism, the Three Jewels, Triple Gem, or Three Refuges are the supports in which a Buddhist takes refuge by means of prayer or recitation at the beginning of the day or of a practice session.

These Three Jewels are:

• बुद्ध, the Buddha, the fully enlightened one
• धर्म, the Dharma, the teachings expounded by the Buddha
• संघ, the Sangha is the monastic order of Buddhism that practices Dharmas.

The Three Roots (Tibetan: རྩ tsa sum) of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition are:

• the བླ་མ་ lama is the 'root of blessing' or 'root of grace', the བླ་མ་, lama (Sanskrit: गुरु guru),
• the ཡི་དམ yidam is the 'root of methods' or 'root of accomplishments' ཡི་དམ yidam (Sanskrit: इष्टदेवता：Iṣṭadevatā or 本尊（梵語：स्वेष्टदेवता， Sveṣṭadevatā), and protector, which may be a खंडरोमा khandroma (Sanskrit: डाकिनी ḍākinī, མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་, 空行母) 
• the ḍākinī or dharmapāla is the 'root of activity' or 'root of protection' ཆོས་སྐྱོང་ chökyong (Sanskrit: धर्मपाल: dharmapāla).

The तीन जड़ें Three Roots are the second of three Tibetan Buddhist refuge formulations, the Outer, Inner and Secret forms of the Three Jewels. The 'Outer' form is the 'Triple Gem', (Sanskrit: त्रिरत्न Triratna), the 'Inner' is the Three Roots and the 'Secret' form is the 'Three Bodies' or त्रिकाया: trikaya of a बुद्धा Buddha.