When taking such refuge, the individual puts his whole trust in the Buddha, the dhamma and the sangha. In this video we will answer the question. A lotusflower within a circle. Night of awakening -- Third Watch. Refuge in the Triple Gem is taken when someone becomes a Buddhist for the first time by making a commitment to embody the virtues of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, and also to study and practise the teachings of the Buddha. I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs that lead to heedlessness. THE THREE REFUGES. The prince enjoyed the education and luxuries available to a royal prince at the time and was protected from the normal vicissitudes of life on the orders of the royal father following a prediction by royal astrologers that the prince will one day leave to become a hermit. Volitional bodily, verbal or mental actions – Kamma – conditions rebirth with past Kamma influencing the present birth and both past and present Kamma influencing future births. (ii) Adinnadana Veramani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami. The Three Jewels are also symbolized by the triratna, composed of (from bottom to top): 1. Understanding the Trikaya can clear up a lot of confusion about the nature of a Buddha. craving. Those who want to practise the Buddha’s teachings in a serious and comprehensive manner without the duties, responsibilities, bonds and burdens of domestic life choose to become Buddhist monks and nuns through a process of ordination. Buddha always maintained that neither He nor any other higher being can deliver anyone from their suffering or from the cycle of birth and death and that each and every one must liberate themselves through their own effort. This is the threefold path of Buddha’s teachings, namely Morality (sila), Concentration (samadhi), and wisdom (panna), which need to be practised in order to gain benefits during this life and future lives as well as to attain Nibbana. We then feel that the truly existent objects of our fear will overwhelm the truly existent "us," and although we wish to be free of the objects of our fear, we feel helpless to do so. He also advised disciples not to accept His teachings through blind faith but to practise them and decide for themselves whether the teachings produced the fruits that they expected out of the teachings. For the second time, I go to Buddha for refuge. On representations of the footprint of the Buddha, the Triratna is usually also surmounted by the Dharma wheel. The path leading to the cessation of suffering (magga sacca). It also means that Gautama Buddha always maintained right speech that was true, correct and beneficial, whether or not it was agreeable to or welcomed by others. The deepest Dharma and deepest Sangha Gems include the true stoppings and true pathway minds on the mental continuums of all aryas – from those with seeing pathway minds (paths of seeing) to those with an attainment of liberation as an arhat or of enlightenment as a Buddha. They are the Buddhas (sangs-rgyas, clear evolved ones), the Dharma (chos, preventive measures), and the Sangha (dge-'dun, intent community or network). The practice of this path will lead one straight to the state of Nibbana and liberation from the cycle of birth and death. The first of the Three Gems is the Buddha. siddhi), they constitute the deepest Dharma Gem. Updated July 25, 2018 To become a Buddhist is to take refuge in the Three Jewels, also called the Three Treasures. Ultimately, we take refuge i… In general, the two causes for taking the safe direction in life indicated by the Triple Gem are dread ('jigs-pa) and believing a fact to be true (dad-pa). This is the meaning of Maitreya's statement in The Furthest Everlasting Continuum that, in terms of the deepest level Gems, only Buddhas are the deepest source of safe direction. The teacher is Buddha to us, one who can point the way to our own reality for us. Buddha had declared that “whether the Buddhas were to exist or not, this nature of reality is there namely the conditionality,” and so it is a natural phenomenon that was neither invented nor created by the Buddha but rediscovered by the Buddha during His enlightenment. – Contemplation on Buddha (Buddhanussati bhavana), – Contemplation on Dhamma (Dhammanussati bhavana), – Contemplation on Sangha (Sanghanussati bhavana). The Triple Gem or Gems, in Buddhism, are sometimes called the Three Jewels. Some of the other essential features of Buddhist teachings include the concept of kamma, dependent origination, rebirth, the three universal characteristics and Buddhist meditation. 2. Homage to the Exalted One, the Worthy One, the Supremely Enlightened One. If members of the monastic community include emotionally disturbed and even unethical persons who are neither qualified nor reliable to serve as actual sources of safe direction, how much less so are the wide variety of members of a Dharma center. These are the Three Rare and Supreme Gems (dkon-mchog gsum), usually called the Three Jewels of Refuge, the Triple Gem, or the Three Precious Gems. He was able to master their meditation techniques and develop the highest possible meditation absorption states called Jhanas within a very short time. It presents the deepest Dharma Gem as Maitreya does in Filigree of Realizations, but presents that text's apparent Sangha Gem as the deepest level Sangha Gem. The mind (citta) by itself cannot perform or direct any mental, verbal or bodily action, and it is the volition (Cetana) that directs any mental, verbal or bodily action and, thus, Buddha declared that “Volition is the Action”. These are the Buddha, the Dharma which is the teaching of the Buddha, and the Sangha, which is the community who follow the teaching. Lokavidu means Gautama Buddha had perfect knowledge of all the existing worlds, their origins and cessation. They are the Buddhas (sangs-rgyas, clear evolved ones), the Dharma (chos, preventive measures), and the Sangha (dge-'dun, intent community or network). Having realized that neither the self-mortification he underwent as an ascetic nor the sensual pleasures he had indulged in during his princely life had helped him to find the way out of human suffering, ascetic Gautama decided to follow the Middle Path which was to become one of the salient features of Buddha’s teachings. Pubbenivasanussati nana: Possession of the ability to see one’s previous births and existences. Insight meditation (vipassana bhavana). Life is considered as a continuum of flux consisting of five aggregates collectively known as Nama-rupa, namely materiality, feeling, perception, mental formation and consciousness, which make up the individual or the being. Insight or Vipassana meditation helps the meditator to see things as they really are and will eventually lead to the eradication of mental defilements and final liberation from suffering. Buddha is also araham as He had destroyed the spokes of the wheel of existence by eradicating the causes of the cycle of birth and death and is most worthy of receiving veneration and requisites from human beings and other celestial beings. 4. Although there are several formulations of the Triple Gem, the sutra traditions of all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism follow the Mahayana presentation of them found in the texts of Maitreya, the future Buddha. It is by going for refuge in the Triple Gem – Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha – that one becomes a disciple of the Buddha in order to study and practise the Buddha’s teachings. Buddhist disciples reflect on the qualities and virtues of the Buddha by reciting the following stanza in the Pali language: “Iti piso bhagava araham, sammasambuddho, vijjacarana sampanno. The Three Jewels—also known as the Triple Gem, the Three Treasures, or the Three Refuges—are the three things from which Buddhists seek guidance: Buddha, Dharma, and sangha. Kamma in the Pali language, or Karma in Sanskrit, means ‘action’. But the great power of taking refuge is that it opens our eyes to the whole of the teaching, not just the parts we find convenient. Would you accept 3 million dollars TO NOT BE ENLIGHTENED by The Three Treasures? Kamesu micchacara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami. These are the Sanskrit words. The Triple Gem, also known as the ‘Three Refuges’, ‘Three Jewels’ and ‘Three Treasures’, are the Buddha (the Enlightened One), the Dhamma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (the monastic community of Buddhist disciples). On the night of the full moon of the month of May, at the age of 35 years, ascetic Gautama became fully enlightened having realized the four Noble Truths by His own efforts and came to be known as Gautama Buddha. There are two types of Buddhist meditation: Going for refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha can help disciples maintain a high moral standard by avoiding unwholesome mental, verbal and physical actions based on the negative qualities of greed, hatred and ignorance, and by engaging in wholesome mental, verbal and physical actions based on positive qualities of generosity, loving kindness and wisdom. I undertake the precept to refrain from any sexual activity. There are three different world systems: Anuttharo (incomparable in the world) purisa dhamma (men to be tamed) sarathi (trainer) means Gautama Buddha was an incomparable trainer of beings who were tamed through His wisdom and compassion and were directed to the path of liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Whenever I say, “I take refuge in the Buddha,” I hear “Bud… The Three Gems. The deepest Dharma Gem is the true stoppings and true pathway minds on the mental continuum of an arya, whether a layperson or a monastic. So, we take refuge in the Buddha: Namo buddham sharanam gacchami. 3. Gautama Buddha was not in fact the first Buddha to appear in the world as, according to some schools of Buddhism, there have been at least twenty eight Buddhas including Gautama Buddha. Only the true stoppings and true pathway minds on the mental continuums of Buddhas serve as all Three Gems. There are 227 additional rules of moral discipline to be observed by Buddhist monks and 311 additional rules to be observed by Buddhist nuns. Whatever is impermanent is also suffering and, according to Buddha, there is no permanent and independent self or personality in any conditioned or unconditioned things. 2am - dawn: Buddha understand the source of karma, direct perception allows him to become fully awakened. Gautama Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha on the full moon day of May in the year of 563 BC in a region of the Indian subcontinent (now known as Lumbini in Nepal) although some scholars believe it may have been nearly a century later. Buddhism, which originated in India more than 2600 years ago, is the fourth largest among the world religions and is practised by more than 500 million people around the world. Dhamma in Pali and dharma in Sanskrit generally refer to Gautama Buddha’s teachings but, also refer to universal truth and the true nature of all things in existence, both physical and mental. The eight stages are Stream Entry or Sotapanna magga (Path) and Sotapanna phala (Fruition); Once Returner or Sakadagami magga (Path) and Sakadagami phala (Fruition); Non-Returner or Anagami magga (Path) and Anagami phala (Fruition); and Arahat magga (Path) and Arahat phala (Fruition). Homage to the Exalted One, the Worthy One, the Supremely Enlightened Buddha. Let us look at the explanation of the two-level Gems by the seventeenth-century Gelug master Jetsun Chokyi-gyeltsen (rJe-btsun Chos-kyi rgyal-mtshan) in The Ocean Playground of the Fortunate Naga King: The General Meaning of the First Chapter [of "A Filigree of Realizations"] (sKal-bzang klu-dbang-gi rol-mtsho zhe-bya-ba-las skabs-dang-po'i spyi-don). An Arahant, is one who realizes the four Noble Truths and attains enlightenment with the help of an enlightened teacher. Buddhism recognizes that kamma is not the only force that can influence mental and physical phenomena and that it is only one of five such natural factors called Niyamas.[3]. 5. Ascetic Gautama then sat under a Bodhi tree (ficus religiosa) at a place now known as Bodh Gaya in Northern India, with the firm resolution that he will not get up until he discovered the path of liberation, and meditated on the mindfulness of breathing (Anapanasati). Buddhists take refuge in the Three Jewels or Triple Gem (also known as the "Three Refuges"). 1.3. The quality of ujupatipanno means the members of the community of Sangha practise the threefold path, which is the Middle Path that avoids the extremes of sensual pleasures and self-mortification. I undertake the precept to refrain from wearing garlands, using perfumes and cosmetics to beautify the body. Buddha: The Teacher. For the second time, I go to Dhamma for refuge. Gautama Buddha expounded the dhamma and was the noblest of the noble and venerated by human beings, celestial beings and the Brahmas. 3. The THREE TREASURES OF BUDDHISM is also referred to as: THE THREE GEMS. The Vinaya Pitaka, containing the rules of discipline for the Buddhist monks and nuns, consists of five books: In addition to observing the ten precepts of moral discipline, Buddhist monks are expected to observe 227 additional rules of discipline while Buddhist nuns are expected to observe 311 additional rules of discipline. [3] Narada Mahathera (1998) Buddha and His Teachings, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Those who first enter the monastic life as Buddhist monks and nuns by undertaking to observe the ten precepts are known as Novices. Right moral discipline leads to right concentration and right concentration leads to right insight or wisdom into the reality of all physical and mental phenomena. 10pm - 2am: Buddha realizes karma, samsara, and rebirth. When properly developed, it has three aspects. Then followed six years of severe austerity and self-mortification during which he was supported by five ascetic companions, but that also did not bring him any closer to the path he was looking for. The Three Jewels are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. The second cause for taking in life the safe direction of the Triple Gem is believing as true the fact that the Three Rare and Supreme Gems have the ability to help us free ourselves from true problems and their true causes. An ananda-chakra. Taking a safe direction in life (skyabs-'gro, taking refuge) is an active process, not a passive one of seeking protection from higher powers, as the term taking refuge might imply. Dependent origination, or Paticca Samuppada in Pali, explains cause and effect in relation to birth and death and how suffering arises and ceases based on certain causes and conditions. The special taking of safe direction (skyabs-'gro khyad-par-ba), also called resultant taking of safe direction ('bras-bu'i skyabs-'gro), takes as its sources of safe direction the Triple Gem that we will attain in the future, based on actualizing our Buddha-natures. However, ascetic Gautama was not satisfied with such attainments, as they did not provide the way out of human suffering that he was looking for, and left those teachers and went away on his own in search of the path. When the first Noble stage of Stream Entry or Sotapanna is attained through the cultivation of the Noble Eight-fold Path, a disciple will possess unwavering faith in the Triple Gem. In Buddhism the Three Gems are the Buddha, his teaching, and the order of monks. Having gone for refuge in the Triple Gem, a lay Buddhist would also renew either the five precepts in day-to-day life or the eight precepts on special occasions such as the full moon day when they observe Uposatha sila by taking the eight precepts. Such individuals can never again go for refuge in any other teacher but the Buddha, in any other doctrine but the Dhamma and in any other community but the Sangha. I undertake the precept to refrain from dancing, singing, music and other entertainments. His mother was Queen Mahamaya, who is believed to have passed away seven days after childbirth after which he was brought up by the queen’s younger sister, Prajapathi. Dusk - 10pm: Buddha realizes all of his past lives. The Pali word sangha refers … When these factors are considered in the forward order it is called the cycle of origination which corresponds to the second Noble Truth of the origin of suffering. For the second time, I go to Sangha for refuge. Anger and Anger Management in a Buddhist Context, Meghiya Sutta: Discourse to Venerable Meghiya, Renunciation (Nekkhamma) in Theravada Buddhism, Udakupama Puggala Sutta: Discourse on the Water Simile, Superior or Supra-mundane going for refuge. The discourses in the Sutta pitaka are divided into five collections or Nikayas:  Vinaya pitaka or the basket of discipline. Buddhist monks and nuns are not expected to make a living for themselves and have to depend on the charity of the lay community for their basic requisites of food, robes, accommodation and medicines. Consider the case of the true stoppings and true pathway minds on the mental continuum of a Buddha. [4] Bhikkhu Bodhi (1980) Transcendental Dependent Arising, Buddhist Publication Society, The Wheel Publication No: 277/278, Kandy, Sri Lanka. The nominal Buddha Gem includes paintings and statues of Buddhas. It does not imply, however, feeling helpless; although, in this case, we acknowledge that we need help. Another reason behind Maitreya's statement is that the true stoppings and true pathway minds on the mental continuums of aryas who have not yet achieved enlightenment are examples of only deepest level Dharma and Sangha Gems. Despite the differences in the varieties of Buddhism, there are always the same three cornerstones which are called the Three Jewels. [2] Narada Mahathera (1982) Buddhism in a Nutshell, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka. When we say, “I take refuge in the Buddha” we should also understand that “The Buddha takes refuge in me,” because without the second part the first part is not complete. Such a disciple will never again be reborn in lower realms of existence and will only be born in human and celestial realms until the final liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth, or Nibbana. A characteristic can be defined as a distinguishing feature or attribute of a … Anyone can be invited to see and experience the results of Dhamma practice. If you find our material useful, please consider making a single or monthly donation. Surameraya majja pamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami. These are the Buddha (the yellow jewel), the Dharma (the blue jewel), and the Sangha (the red jewel). The above stanza contains the following six qualities of Dhamma: This quality of Dhamma means it is well-proclaimed by the Enlightened One and is excellent in the beginning in relation to morality (sila), excellent in the middle in relation to development of concentration (samadhi), and excellent in the end in relation to the development of wisdom (panna). Vidarshana nana: Possession of complete insight into the nature of physical and mental phenomena. The Buddhist path of liberation from suffering and the cycle of birth and death (also known as the Middle Path and Noble Eight-fold Path) is the threefold path of morality (. Thus, only Buddhas are the ultimate sources of safe direction (mthar-thug-gi skyabs-gnas), because only Buddhas have realized the full networks of true stoppings and true pathway minds. yadidam cattari, purisa yugani, atta purisa puggala, esa Bhagavato savakasangho. A trident, or trisula, with three branches, representing the threefold jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Buddhist disciples reflect on the qualities of Dhamma by reciting the following stanza in the Pali language: “Svakkhato Bhagavata Dhammo ,Sanditthiko, Akaliko , Ahipassiko, Opanayiko, Paccattam Veditabbo Vinnuhi ti.”. The modern Western usage of the term sangha for the members of a Dharma center or organization, as if it were an equivalent term for the congregation of a church, is a nontraditional use of the term. Watchfulness or avoiding excessive sleep which facilitates meditation (, The world of formations or conditioned things consisting of all material and mental phenomena, Sankhara-Loka. Abhisamaya-alamkara), each of the Three Gems has an apparent (kun-rdzob-pa'i dkon-mchog, superficial) and a deepest (don-dam-pa'i dkon-mchog, ultimate) level. The word ‘Buddha’ means the “Awakened One” or the “Enlightened One,” but in Buddhist teachings it generally refers to Gautama Buddha who lived in India during the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It is also believed that another Buddha by the name of Maithriya will come into being at some point in the future. According to Buddhist scripture, Gautama Buddha was endowed with eight types of supreme knowledge or Nana: Carana, or perfect conduct, consists of 15 types of virtue: Sugatho means Gautama Buddha went on the correct path, which is the Middle Path or the Noble Eight-fold Path, after fulfilling the ten perfections from the time of the initial resolution to become a Samma Sambuddha, and thus attained Nibbana. On the level of causal taking of safe direction, the true stoppings and true pathway minds on the mental continuums of aryas, arhats, and Buddhas show us the way. (ix) Uccasayana- mahasayana Veramani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami. The word ‘dhamma’ is derived from the verb dhareti, meaning to keep or to bear. They can be conceptually isolated and differentiated from each other since they describe this aspect of a mental continuum from different points of view. Musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami. I undertake the training rule of abstaining from sexual misconduct. Dread, in this context, is a state of mind focused on the first two noble truths (true facts of life) – true problems (true suffering) and their true causes. Dhamma is to be practised and realized individually by each person depending on the maturity of one’s wisdom. As far as the quality of Svakhkato is concerned, here it refers to both mundane or Pariyatti dhamma and supra-mundane dhamma which are the nine supra-mundane attainments of Sotapanna path and fruit, Sakadagami path and fruit, Anagami path and fruit, Arahant path and fruit, as well as the Nibbana. When they first enter the monastic life, they undertake to observe the ten training rules or precepts of moral discipline, namely: (i) Panatipata Varamani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami. Dhamma is also worthy of being followed as a part of one’s life in order to attain Nibbana or liberation from suffering. [1] Bhikkhu Bodhi (1994) Going for Refuge, Taking the Precepts, Buddhist Publication Society, 282/284, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Therefore, Gautama Buddha is regarded as the Teacher who showed the path of liberation and guided others to attain it through their own effort. Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami. By striving in this direction, we protect ourselves from fear and suffering. These three are commonly portrayed together in statues and in paintings known as thangkas (pronounced “tonkas”). Buddhist monks and nuns would also go for refuge in the Triple Gem before renewing the ten precepts that they have undertaken to observe. While explaining Dependent Origination instead of an origin of life or suffering, Gautama Buddha emphasized conditionality of all the physical and mental phenomena in the world as being subjected to the law of cause and effect. With dread, we deeply wish not to continue experiencing the objects of our dread. For third time, I go to Buddha for refuge. Gautama Buddha declared that “Beings having done evil, are after death born in woeful states and beings having done good are born in blissful states.” It is said that, depending on accumulated Kamma, after death one could be reborn in one of six realms, namely celestial, human, asura, hungry ghost, animal and hell. He had many disciples, both monks and nuns, who helped spread his teachings. Buddha declared that “this dependent arising is deep in truth and deep in appearance. Often misleadingly translated as "fear," it is not a disturbing emotion. This refers, first, to the historical Buddha, the original teacher. However, at the age of 29 years and having been confronted with realities of life such as sickness, old age and death for the first time in his life, Prince Siddhartha left his princely life and became a homeless hermit in search of the way out of human suffering. It is through not understanding and not penetrating this truth of dependent arising that living beings have become entangled like a matted ball of thread or have to become like grass and rushes, unable to pass beyond the woeful state of existence, unable to escape from Samsara, the cycle of becoming.” Hence, Dependent Origination is not only a philosophical doctrine but is also the truth that has to be realized in order to gain liberation from suffering.[4]. I undertake the training rule of abstaining from killing any living beings. On the intermediate level, true problems include any uncontrollable recurring samsaric rebirth and all forms of suffering experienced therein; the true causes are the emotional obscurations that prevent liberation. To proclaim devotion to these three things is to be a Buddhist. They identify the basic scripture or canon at the heart of Buddhism’s teachings. Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami. 2. The Buddhist scriptures maintained by the Theravada tradition of Buddhism are recorded in the Pali language, which is believed to have been the language spoken in those parts of India where Gautama Buddha lived and preached. Consequently, when we offer prostration to the Triple Gem, with both the mere and special taking of safe direction, we show respect not only to those who have become aryas, arhats, and Buddha themselves, and to their attainments, but also to ourselves and to our own future achievements of the same. When publicly professing conversion to the Buddhist faith, one will often proclaim, 'I take refuge in the Buddha. Practising them will also help one to avoid a birth in a lower realm and facilitate a birth in a higher realm of existence. Brought on by valid cognition (of this), then our conviction becomes stable that the Three Refuges are indeed fact. The essence of the Buddha’s teachings or Dhamma can be described as the four Noble Truths and it was following realization of the four Noble Truths that ascetic Gautama became Gautama Buddha during the process of enlightenment. By taking refuge in the Triple Gem, Buddhist disciples may also reflect on the various qualities of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha and aim to develop those very qualities in themselves thereby enriching their spiritual life. Initially, Sangha included the four pairs or the eight types of persons, lay or monastic, who had attained the eight Noble States leading to Nibbana. We turn to the teaching of the reality of bliss, the teaching of the method of achieving happiness in whatever form it comes to us, whether it comes as Christianity, whether it comes as humanism, whether it comes as Hinduism, Sufism, or Buddhism. There is a cause for the arising of suffering (samudaya sacca) – i.e. The Three Treasures. His father was King Suddhodana, an elected chief of the Sakya clan. I undertake the precept to refrain from telling lies. The effect of a particular action can be immediate or can present itself over a long period of time. They are referred to when one takes the Threefold Refuge, which every serious follower of the teachings of the Buddha (dharma, dhamma) can take. He was also known as Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, with Siddhartha having been His first name and Gautama having been His family name. Rather, it leads to renunciation (nges-'byung), the determination to be free from true problems and their true causes. The tradition based on Maitreya's Filigree for the Mahayana Sutras (mDo-sde rgyan, Mahayana-sutra-alamkara) presents an apparent and deepest level for only the Buddha Gem. The quality of Sanditthiko means Dhamma is to be self-realized through personal effort and experience by following the Noble Eight-fold Path which will lead one to the final goal of liberation from suffering and the cycle of death and rebirth by attaining the state of Nibbana. Samma Sambuddho means the ‘Perfectly Enlightened One’: Sammma = perfectly; Sam = by Himself without a teacher; Buddho = Enlightened or Awakened One. What actually eliminate our true problems and their true causes, however, are our own attainments of true stoppings and true pathway minds – our future attainments of Triple Gems ourselves. The Three Jewels are: The Buddha, the fully enlightened one; The Dharma, the teachings expounded by the Buddha; The Sangha, the monastic order of Buddhism that practice Dharmas. Cessation of suffering by removing the cause of suffering (nirodha sacca) – the sublime state of Nibbana. The teachings were initially preserved, in memory, by the wise and elderly Arahant monks and were transmitted orally to each successive generation of monks until they were recorded on palm leaves in Sri Lanka around the year 83 BC. They must be real things that have real effects on life. They can then become bhikkhus (monks) or bhikkhunis (nuns) if they are aged 20 years or more by going through a higher ordination ceremony under a teacher or preceptor and undertaking to observe additional rules of moral discipline. There are forty meditation objects that have been described as suitable for concentration meditation. Cetopariya nana: Possession of the ability to read the minds and thoughts of others. These are the Buddha’s teachings available in scriptures in the form of the three baskets (pitakas) which show the way out of suffering. In monasteries around the world these three lines are chanted daily, and many meditation retreats here in the West begin with a recitation of this formula. Night of awakening -- Second watch . The quality of Akaliko means Dhamma is timeless and the results of Dhamma practice can be achieved immediately in this life itself without having to wait for any future lives. I undertake the training rule of abstaining from false speech. 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