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Threefold refuge

tisaraṇa
Foundations & ethics Core — needs to be understood Stage 1 of 8

Buddha, Dhamma and Saṅgha as the orientation points of the path: the teacher as example, the teaching as guidance, the community of practitioners as support. Refuge is a direction one takes, not a creed.

On the path: 1 · The opening question — What problem does the teaching examine? Dukkha, changeability, wholesome and unwholesome, intention and action, refuge, generosity. → to this stage in the learning path
In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of six · Developing

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Passages where tisaraṇa occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Kangyur · The Ratnaketu Dhāraṇī · English

    hāva mārgābhirohaṇe {TK173} acala buddhi dada pracala pacaya piṇḍa­hṛdaya candra­caraha acale śodhane prakṛti­mārge ili ilile prabhe sāraprate sarvatra tathatā satyānugate {K134} anāvaraṇabrate alata aṃgure śāmini vibrahmavayo hi ahita avāhi niravayava aciramārga lana laghusare triratna­vaṃśe dharma­kāya jvalacandre samudravati mahādbhūtavyaya samudra vegava dhāraṇī­mudreṇa makhi­mudra sura­pratisaṃvid amudra āvartani saṃmoha skāra vidyutarasena kṣiti {TK174} mudrito si ye keci prathivī vāha baha baha baha kīṭakabaṭa śaila pratītya hṛdayena mudṛtā dhāraṇī dhara dhara dhara dantilā dantindālā h

  • Indian tantras · Mahāsaṃnipātaratnaketudhāraṇīsūtra, 1-6, 10-11 · Sanskrit

    śca daśa[diśi lokadhātau sannipatitairadhiṣṭhāya rakṣito]vajradharmasamatā-pratītyadharmahṛdaya-sarvasamucchraya-vidhvaṃsano dhāraṇīmudrāpadaprabhedapraveśavyākaraṇo dharmaparyāyaḥ / [iha buddhakṣetre] pṛthivīrasa-sattvāvāsadoṣāṇāṃ praśamāya sattvaparipākāya sarvāśubhakarmaniravaśeṣaparikṣayārthaṃ triratna[vaṃśacirasthityarthaṃ buddhābhiprāya]pariniṣpattyarthameṣa yuṣmābhirapyadhi]ṣṭhāya rakṣitavya iti / yacca me [sad-]dharmanetrīsaṃrakṣaṇa kuśalamūlapuṇyābhisaṃskārāṇi uccāraṇadeśana[smaraṇavācana]triśaraṇagamanopāsakasaṃvara-brahmacaryāvāsa-kuśamūlapuṇyābhisaṃ[skārāṇi ( Dutt 137 ) yāvat prath

  • Tipiṭaka · pli-tv-pvr14 · English

    Suttaṁ saṁsandanatthāya, opammaṁ nidassanatthāya, attho viññāpanatthāya, paṭipucchā ṭhapanatthāya, okāsakammaṁ codanatthāya, codanā sāraṇatthāya, sāraṇā savacanīyatthāya, savacanīyaṁ palibodhatthāya, palibodho vinicchayatthāya, vinicchayo santīraṇatthāya, santīraṇaṁ ṭhānāṭhānagamanatthāya, ṭhānāṭhānagamanaṁ dummaṅkūnaṁ puggalānaṁ niggahatthāya, pesalānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ sampaggahatthāya, saṅgho sampariggahasampaṭicchanatthāya, saṅghena anumatā puggalā paccekaṭṭhāyino avisaṁvādakaṭṭhāyino.

  • Poetry & poetics · Alaṃkārasarvasva 1-34 with Jayaratha's commentary Vimarśinī · Sanskrit

    atra ghrāṇena saheti tatprayogaṃ vinā tatpratītāveva viśrānte / evaṃ ceti / yasmād vināśabdaṃ vināpi tadarthavivakṣā bhavatītyarthaḥ / yathodāhṛta iti nirarthakamityādau / yathā vā - 'haṃsaṇa sarehiṃ viṇā sarāṇa sohāviṇā ṇa haṃsehiṃ / aṇṇoṇṇaṃ cia ee appāṇaṃ ṇavaraṃ garuenti' //

  • Old Javanese · Candrakiraṇa Manuscript Perpusnas L298: Digital Diplomatic Edition · Old Javanese

    uṇa, Aruṇa daruṇa bharuṇa śaraṇa, Avaraṇa bharaṇa hapaṇa ṇa gəṁ guṇa kuṇi kuṇa kaṇvi kaṇi khaṇikha len·, ghraṇa hagaṇa ghrahaṇa samiraṇa, praṇava vaṇiya vaṇiya paṇi taṇitan·, sahaṇa huruta pa:ṇa ṇa giṅa yatika paṇḍita paṇḍava paṇḍura paṇḍu, piṇḍa ṅ apiṇḍa mapaṇḍa mapiṇḍa, laṇḍap alaṇḍəp alaṇḍup aleṇḍo, gaṇḍi giṇaṇḍī ḍiṇəṇḍa ṇa ma -->

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