'Three Jewels' or Three Gems, which by all
Buddhists are revered as the most venerable things, are
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the Buddha,
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the Dhamma
and
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the Holy Sangha.'
i.e.:
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the Enlightened One;
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the law of deliverance
discovered, realized and proclaimed by him;
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and the Community of Holy Disciples
and those who live in accordance with the Law. -
The contemplations of the 3
Jewels belong to the 10 contemplations (anussati q.v.).

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