WHY MUST  refuge  :

We  know that the majority of  believers  follow  Buddhism  is often no  refuge in the Three Jewels . Because users  refuge  often times  Buddha  burning incense , but who knows  Buddha  burning incense  is not necessarily  refuge .  But  people never  refuge  they  still  can claim to be  followers  of  Buddhism  that  we  can not deny the  belief  of them.

Some advocates believe Buddha just have  the heart  is full, just what the Galaxy have  taken refuge  ?  The concept  seems to have heard the reason,  in fact  , it does not fit  reality .  For example, the  students  want to go to school when the first first to do  the procedure  of admission,  if not  like  then  no record  officially in schools should even be able to  attend the hearing  but will not award diplomas and transcripts. A true student must study the  program  that the school set out from low to high. Besides  employment  procedures  of admission also  depends on  the level of  learning at each level that  students  have to audition for admittance to the school to learn, if  not  primary school diploma that requires universities  to  academic  Dr  is things can not get, so people  believe in  Buddha also had to start from the  Three Refuges .  

Although the  refuge  is only the first step in the process of studying Buddhism but  otherwise  have a start, how can the steps  followed  are.  Disciple took the Buddhist  precepts  that hierarchical level,  refuge  is the  basics  least  the next new life to  the Five precepts , Eight world,  Ten gender ,  gender monks , bodhisattva world . Speaking  in short  all the  legal world  are taking the  Three Refuges  underlying  basis .  Refuge in the Three Jewels  that is  initially  directed first to the message of the Buddha.  Buddhism does not give any  beings  do, so for the  refuge  is also no limit of  certain . In the  six paths  beings  except  Hell  is where unpleasant  extremely  endless  unable  refuge  is. The  other place regardless of which person, God, Gods, Demons things and  animals  just  play mind  refuge ,  Buddhism  are  receiving  both. This was just as  students  are old enough to go to school regardless of the wealth, to the cowardly, stupid or  smart feature that admission.

Some people think they can read on their own view of time also can directly  find the  path  of the Buddha  in the sutras, something that had  taken refuge , it seems reasonable to talk about can be  accepted  , but standing on the principles of  the minister  then was a  mistake  big, because the Buddhist scriptures is by speaking or by  disciples  of the Buddha said, is the position  disciples  ordained by Buddha  compiled  into doing  up classic TV  Weather so , to say that this business just watch without known Buddha had spoken of it,  so  no matter what the monks who has  spread  the  classics  that, despite  refuge  with France went further then an  act  ingrate  can not  accept it.  Buddhism  although  taken  legal protection  foundation,  methods of  practice also  from France  , but made sure that saved  France Bao  also from the  Buddha Jewel  and the  Sangha  that out Therefore  Jewels  are the three  elements  are inseparable from each other.

Speaking of  regulations  and  rituals  of Buddhism believe without  refuge  is like having a foreigner love background  culture  and landscape of  Vietnam  and to Vietnam  residents without citizenship subject to change capital with her, but I'm claiming that  Vietnam , when they could be people  Vietnam  welcomed but  the truth  is they have yet to be  recognized  as the  Vietnam  really. Likewise non refuge  where people identify themselves as  followers  of Buddhism ,  although they  still  can get a few  benefits  that but in the end, human beings the way they have not been  pressed Buddha  stock the  disciples  of the Buddha. This is not the  attachment  that the  procedure  should be  performed  when on  the door Buddhist , so in the life of Buddha who is doing good but still not  eradicated  by karma  of previous lives, the only  refuge  for  Tam protection  can  eliminate  is karma  of  past lives .

Refuge  is both a  rite  both  inner  as  refuge  mouth to read, body and mind to feast longer have to think again, mostly from the  inner  territory ordination  refuge called the  world can ,  gender can  need  by users  refuge masters ie  ordained transmitted. This is the  lineage  of the  system of legal thought. As the  mortal could not help me that  insight . Therefore  refuge  not just for pre  Buddhas  and Bodhisattvas  that self  vows  life over  it, because  that which  is known about  the solemn  and  necessary  when the teacher before  the bridge life  measures Three Refuges .

So life is not  the Three Refuge  that wants  to become  a  follower  of Buddhism is true can not be obtained. If only believe Buddha and France without  homagemonks  ruined the calculation  basis  of the  Dharma  because  Jewels inseparable. So who ruined  the Dharma  times can not get  good results , so when  relying  Jewels  time to  refuge .

Then there are some people though is not a Buddha but believed  sympathetic  to Buddhism when they do not want  refuge  immediately, fearing that once  the refuge  they would be more  binding , so they  often have  the attitude  to stand exterior to  consider , they have  conceived  refuge  as well as the  Male Female marriage, when not  understand  the enemy that  hasty  marriage and will suffer a lifetime . In fact two completely different things like  we  want to learn a profession that does not want the first time how can associate  expertise  career is, the  interests  of the professor's head to  receive  the  experience  and  knackof teachers were  accumulated  over many  generations , so when we started was to be master  inherit  the  experience  valuable , if not well attended to immediately leave the teacher, the  Three Refuges  too, want to  understand the Dharma  times starting from the  refuge , if only to stand outside to  observe  that wish to be  understood when just  delusions .  Stores Buddhist  hell is not working that is  the path  of liberation wide large  spacious ,  Buddhist  yearning  people are from the  refuge  which entered the  path  leading practitioners  of liberation, but if someone because  of the lowest  poor do not want to  take refuge  or of another faith, or no  faith  for any  religious  public, these people  Buddhism  still compassion  extended  Zen door  waiting for their subjects as the romantic  return to their homeland.

Therefore  we  need to  counsel  people  on  earth  back to  the refuge to  the Three Jewels  regardless of who  believe in  Buddha or prepared to  believe in Buddha,  or authors  who were standing outside the  door Buddha  to  observe looked looked and even followers of  religions  other,  we  are willing to invite them to  get rid of  away the  prejudices  inherent, or  religion  they are following, try to  take refuge in  the  Three Jewels once  they see the  benefits  to large and freedom  truly, once  refuge  and unless  stumbling  obscures  the true mind , otherwise  time will never degenerate mind for  Jewels .

B. HOW IS  refuge

On the  aspect  of words , the word  refuge  means:  return  or gyro. Y is any support or  rely on , these  acts  rely gyro or turning relying  trust , can call  the refuge . So  refuge is not exclusively used nouns of  Buddhism .

As children turn on lap  parents  rely on  parents ,  believes  parents  are being feeling  safe , feeling  safe  is derived from  the strength  and  capacity  of the refuge , so any a  behavior  does give rise to  feeling  safe from the first rotation reliance and  trust  are called  refuge .

Therefore the children  trust  Parents ,  students  believe  in me, the entrepreneurs  believe  in the plans and estimates of trade, subordinates  trust  in superiors, the  par Additional  Comment  trust  in  networks campaign , the women  widows  trust  in force, politicians  believed  to counsel, the  greedy  trust on  the property , etc. all more or less carries  echoes  of the  refuge ,  or, alternatively all  the reasons  are derived from  the capacity  of the  belief  are listed as  refuge . Thus  religion  Buddhism  also known as  refuge  or  beliefs  on religion  other  until the  cult of  Divine  demons  can still  be called a  refuge , but the true meaning or  sense  true  of the  refuge , time as other fields. Any reliance trust  or  belief  in things not  cure , not sure really can not call the  refuge  is true, also  likened  the big rains make it climbed the tree, climbed on top home, run up high hills, but when the water rises,  the waves  rise, the trees can also pour, houses may collapse, high mound may be submerged, so that in  case  of urgency  so if nearby a high mountain, there must be that  people  are not running up that mountain? except those  foolish  nomind  miss the opportunity new  well was. Thus Alpine has  the capacity  and  efficiency  secure  homes than trees and mounds.

Also people can discern is  that the  impermanent ,  understood  to be  all thingsare so  predestined  treat  interoperability  that success, the time  to make sure there is enough  capacity  to understand ro.o  Parents , teachers, plan accounting, Superior,  transportation networks ,  to  weapons, tactical,  assets etc. may arise  effectiveness  of  safety , but not  sure  and  eternal , because  parents and died,  tri knowledge  of the teacher and will be  backward , when cost estimates are not  accurate . The above opinion when it lost office or go elsewhere ,  destiny  can not  absolutely trust , force, tactical,  assets  are  as illusory , like clouds, like smoke. Today may be the king of the south knows tomorrow will be a prisoner in a dungeon, today's millionaire  wealth  tomorrow who knows that he is  the Prince  begging  every road tramp.

Even  confident  belief  in the  religion  that may be  born God and this was not due to  beliefs  that he  decided to  attaining heaven ,  such as  people who believe in  Christianity  or Tin  heal the  biblical  saying will be saved but not necessarily the end shall be saved.  God is  not  biased , but  feel free to  make your not help you as the people of the land of God above. Original stand on the back of  Buddhism  that look,  Buddhism  is the main  religion  is beyond any religion , because  the ideal  high  most super  of all  religion  is just born to heaven  without her beyond limits , but  heaven  in  Buddhist  whether  heaven nor the most extreme high beyond  birth and death .  Life network  in  heaven though larger  people  but also to the time  and take , once every blessing heaven nor  avoid from  fall optimistic , so it is not a place  of refuge  to make real, lasting only  refuge in the Buddha  teaching can make  humans  one step escapism suffering  to the  path  of liberation glass at  peace . Overall  Buddhism  is the Buddha and  the Three Jewels .

On the  actual  tendencies of the  refuge  starting  refuge ,  trust Jewels ,  based on  Jewels  to launch  Development Center  and its  guided  themselves to the path of  liberation towards  Nirvana , but when direction to  Nirvana  liberated itself each is  reasonable to  Jewels , because all  beings  have  Buddha-nature  only by  karma  enchanting  that can not see the  Buddha before  her,  the purpose  of the  refuge Bao  is the bridge to find the  revealing  Buddha nature , because each  of us  Buddhas seed capital, which along  Jewels  because  confusion  lose nature  wandering  in  birth and death , forget about a new style called  beings , if we  promptly  turned on  in the hearts of the  Three Jewels , the romantic as well as his  return to  the old country only.

So just  find  the way  back to ,  returning  a house, he called  refuge  true, even if only a temporary stopping places are not the  refuge is true, just as people riding buffalo land  crossed  the river just dipped their feet into the water buffalo what took disintegration momentum  across the river  ?.

Jewels  is what?  Three Jewels  is  the Buddha Dharma and Sangha , why is called Make this very important. A person who wants to believe in the Buddha every  refuge  before, but before  the refuge  needs to  understand  the meaning of the  Three Jewels  , if only  vaguely  that  the refuge can not call the  refuge  is true. Like people enrolled exam  college  but do not know  the names  and field types for which he would contest, so the time is ridiculous. But  we are  really sad because today so many people  reputation  has  refuge  but not understand the meaning of the  Three Jewels  are and how many teachers  ordain  refuge  but never spoke to  disciples  understood  the meaning  Jewels  is, this is grieving deeply .

Jewels  is the  Buddha Dharma and Sangha  because in  Buddhism increases can generate  immeasurable  merit  and promotion  immeasurable  magic ,  merit and  magic  that is  extremely  endless ,  boundless ,  very international , not get along take , sài not exhausted.  the time  taken  values  of  gold and silver treasures  and  uses  its enormous to call it the  storm , also  merit  and  magic  of the  Dharma  and the Sangha time beyond the  earth  and  export world  more so as you  would like sure  anymore. Because the  chemical director  of the  Three Jewels  can make  people  be  peace  in life, can make  people  happy-suffering is, therefore  Jewels  more precious than the  storms  of  the world  anymore.

From ancient times  until now  there are many ways to classify the  Jewels  but broadly there are two types  of general  and  can reason .

1. Speaking of  the minister  , there  abbot Jewels  and  Chemicals Minister Jewels .  
2. Talk about  possible reasons  , there  may Nhat Tam Bao  and  Li can  Jewels .

Before  explaining  the types of  Jewels  need to  understand the implications of the Three Jewels , Buddha means  enlightened ,  self-discipline ,  sense of forgiveness  and  feeling complacent . Ie the French legal principle is the  norm with  the capacity  to lead  people  understand  and  practice  so as not to lose maybe  true .  Increase primary  is  their harmony  is the  interoperability between the and management.

a. Abbot Jewels  : 

All the  images  in ivory  treasures , statues sculpted, painted objects are  Buddha. All the  classics  to  the writings of the position  Venerable  Sangha  are called Dharma . All of your head shaved  ordained  wear  identity septic  ordained religious  are called  Sangha , because after  Buddha  attained Nirvana , Buddhism  is based on  Abbot Jewels  to  maintain  circuit network, maintaining the  spirit  and  spread the  truth  should be known as  the world  abbot Jewels .

b.  Chemical Minister Jewels  :

During  the process of the birth,  enlightenment  turned degrees  in  India  Lord Sakyamuni  known as  Buddha , in the  period  that the  doctrine  that  the Buddha taught the  disciples  as  the Four Noble Truths ,  the Eightfold Path ,  Cross Dependent binary  etc. are called  Dharma , the saint  disciples  ordained  monk disciples  of the Buddha called  Sangha , here are the general state of the Jewels  as Buddha  in the world  have  turned to  the so-called  General merchandise Jewels .

c.  Integration Jewels  : As in  Jewels  each has sufficient  merit of the rest: as Buddha has  the capacity  to sense projector called  Buddha , the Buddha is able to articulate  self at  the French, should with  capacity  devils maintenance , so the Buddha also  Dhamma , the Buddha did not take  pure  so full of Buddhist Sangha .

There is legal obligation of  capacity  born  Buddha nature  of the Buddhas, so France is full  nature  of the  Buddha .  The body  of French  utilities  maintenance demons  so France is  Dharma , the  law of equality  is not  obstacle  in France should have full  meaning  of the  Sangha , the Sangha who has  top spot reference platform  nature  of the  Buddha and the Sangha is also the person uses  demons maintenance  platform  nature  Dharma . Increase who have substance  harmony  should increase the  Sangha .

d.  Li can  Jewels  : As said all  sentient beings  have the full  nature  of the Jewels  of every self, which stands on two  aspects :

d.1  In  terms of  enlightenment  : all  byproducts  are by Or-Industrial-suffering which  flows  in  life and death ,  if possible  move into enlightened love Or become  Prajna ; Will now  become the  Liberation  ; Suffering will  become the Dharma body .  Prajna  is the  Buddha Jewel , liberation called  Dharma , Dharmakaya  called  Sangha .

d.2  In  terms  of possible  foot as  the consistency of performance is  Buddha , the basis is consistent  Dharma ,  the reason  such as  the  Sangha .

Actually  Jewels  although divided into four types, but only two  properties  and not beyond  the reasonable ,  the Minister  of  Jewels  is  a reality  should be understandable even  be reason of  Jewels  is  abstract  , it is difficult to understand. Unless  attained  enlightenment  understand nature  legs as otherwise  they will  feel  vaguely  the  sense  of  justice to  the Three Jewels . As he  Indies Thuan  explained : Speaking of the  truth  of the  refuge , the ancient far  there are many ways  to distinguish , this theory only two types of comb, 1 / Merit outflow  of Buddha is  Buddha Bao  ie  five parts legal body  ( World of wisdom, liberation and  knowledge of liberation ), or  supreme  autonomous Bodhi  photographers can gather all  the merit outflow , called  Buddha .  

Dharma  or  Nirvana  is known as  Dharma ,  merit outflow  of  school propertyuneducated  are called  Sangha , ie the position  towards quarter-quarter-results or  Bodhisattva ,  Thanh Van , Bich Chi. 2 / According to the  Mahayana  , the head preacher  salvage  consummation revealing  to  the French border purification , photography prime  minister can  now use  it as  Buddha  appearing to be somewhat on  the legal world  pure  fennel  Sangha , turn around  the cross legal world  without increasing not reducing,  the legal world  is not binary, seamless,  lifelike foot Minister  times called  Dharma .  Unitarian Jewels ,  Li can Jewels  ,  Jewels office often  are ways  to explain  not the same on  the that  's Jewels  only.  

We  are  ordinary  , if not  with  the fundamental  of  the Dharma  is very difficult to understand the  meaning  of  justice can  Jewels , but if you just believe in  the Minister  's  Jewels , then there comes a time any  possible reason  of  Jewels naturally  appearing  just as people who never in  space  then for the  scene in the  space  whether the scientists have  explained  how thorough away  we  also difficult  Congress leaders  is  integrity , on their own only in  space  can clearly comprehend thoroughly, so that  ordinary  if possible  beliefs  Jewels abbot  time was enough, but  we  need to  understand that no  Jewels abbot  could not revealing  is  reasonable to  Jewels  ,  otherwise  there  could reason  Jewels time not establish a  Jewels abbot  .  

the abbot Jewels  is used of the  possible reasons  Jewels ,  Li can  Jewels  is Overall the  abbot Jewels ,  beliefs  of Buddhism  , it must start from the  belief abbot Jewels  ,  the purpose  of  religion  abbot Jewels  is pursuing the  revealing of  possible reasons  Jewels . Today there are many  householders  officers  lay witness has not been  able to reason  Jewels  took  reasons  just believe  justice can  Jewels  without  provisions glass  Jewels abbot  that  the behavior  of the degenerate. People  ordinary  we  can only see  the Minister  Jewels  also  turned minister  in  the Prime Minister  Jewels  only  existed  when Buddha was  in the world , after the  Buddha's passing  just left the  abbot of the Three Jewels , the Jewels  is dark at your respect, France is  supreme  supreme  importance also is the dark night Increase weak.  

After  Buddha's passing  of the base  Buddhism  are due  Sangha  abbot ,  sutrasof  Buddhism  are due  Sangha  conservation ,  culture  of  Buddhism  are due Sangha  spread ,  followers  of  Buddhism  are due  Sangha  taught, when Buddha was  living  it  Buddhism  Buddhist taken as  the center , after the Buddha's passing  is the  Buddhist  take  Sangha  as  critical , so today  beliefs Buddhism  must  get  Sangha  as  medicine itself , reverently  Jewels  have also taken  Increased security  as  the foundation .  Although  the  Sangha  with the other people who, so when  the refuge  also  need to  know Professor sage do choose me, but with the  mind  offerings  must,  give rise to  equality . In Buddhist teaching, whether  monks  broke world  still  qualified  as Master of heaven and who, therefore, can not have the mind  to distinguish  high and low, as not being false mind  criticism .

Three Refuges  still start from  the basic  study Buddhism Buddhist news, but after entering  the Buddhist  and not be left  basic  , which must be  fundamental  to this step  up , so  refuge  there five types:

1. Sessions deviant  Tam provisions  ie  initially  studied Buddhism  
2.  Five Precepts  Three rules  ie after Buddha and private life to  the precepts .  
3.  Bat World  Three provisions  in the days ie  gender boys  life over  Uposatha .  
4 -  world Cross  Tam provisions  ie  life over  novice  novice nuns .  
5.  Specifically ordination  Tam provisions  ie  monks ,  nuns  contemporary world .

Philistine when  ordination  must be  provided Tam , from  initial  study Buddhism to  life  five precepts ,  the eight precepts ,  cross gender  are taken  Tam provided the foundation to load  ordination  can,  consciousness Rub Romania  world, monks, monk  nuns  are taking measures  ma yet  to  be ordained , but in the process of  ordination  still have  executive  Tam regulations .  until  people expectancy  Mahayana  Bodhisattva , before  repent  and  vow to  life must also Tam provided . So although  Tam rules  are not gender but  fundamental  of all the world. (In fact in  Tam regulation  covers both the means).

Three provisions  are not only  fundamental  but also the world of  the fundamental  processes of  practice  every day, the  followers  of Buddhism  at the time of the temple early menopause are  the Three rules , all job  Buddha  also took  Three rules  underlying  medical basis . In countries where  Buddhism  is very focused Nam Television  Three rules , taking the proceedings initiated  Tam rules  as  fundamental  practice , taking the proceedings initiated  Tam provisions as regards prayer.

C.  INTERESTS  OF  refuge

The benefits  of the  refuge  are many, can be the bridge  that is  at peace , can demand for  the next life  peacefully , as can be from here that the  peace  finalityof  Nirvana  calm , the total  combined  there are eight  benefits  : 1 /  become disciples  of the Buddha. 2 / is the foundation of the  ordained . 3 / can  eliminate karma . 4 / can accumulate  merit  great. 5 / not fall  woeful . 6 / person and  non mercy can not harm. 7 / can  succeed  in  everything  big. 8 / It may  become a Buddha .

The benefits  of the  refuge , in the Buddhist scriptures say a lot, now only cite a few examples:

1. The  Upasaka  world have said: If the  refuge  of the future will be  good fortune tremendous unable  same advantage ,  such as  has been  the treasure  that people all over the country for seven years transportation nor out is,  the merit  of the  refuge  's bigger than a thousand times.

2. Business Philosophy Consistent  Arhat  have said  formerly  had a  God-mail  in offer  heaven to earth when the sun has blessed all,  God electronic  self-knowledge will be  reincarnated  into pig species, is taken as the fear of instant petition  Uranus  at help,  Uranus  not deliver should recommend  Thien-mail should go to  for help  Buddha. Buddha  Emperor e  refuge , so  after death  does not fall into the pigs, but also as human beings, having  Shariputra  directed learning  attainments  holy .

3. In the Sat How  French Y  Thien Tu  life  Tam Quy  said: Then there is a  natural death  in  heaven  Thien Tam Tam Cross  when it was blessed to take seven days to die, of the  joy , the  goddess  Beauty no longer close, the  general appearance majesty  are changed,  the odor  coming from the  body  and  natural death knows that will be  reincarnated  into the species  of animals ,  Uranus  knows immediately taught  natural death  play mind  refuge Bao  after seven days of natural death  to rebirth ,  Uranus wants to know  natural death  where born into, but can not  contemplate  came to see the Buddha asked. Instant Buddha taught: "God sons through  merit  refuge  has been born to  heaven  Where Capacity".

4. The quantity performance  Gong Germany  has said: If someone built tower offering  you all  saints  attained  II successor  in the East, West, South, North  of the four continents ,  merit  great though but still can not  match by  merit  refuge .

5.  Economic Moc  said the prince has  ancient  tastes  Bhikkhu  Sa Dau specialized  maintenance procedure title  of  Jewels  throughout  ten years, attained  preliminary results  from Da  complete, this in  earthly  world  Pho Huong predicate  Pratyekabuddhas .

Buddha also taught, if the  refuge  shall be  the four heavenly king , sent 36're good god  holder , 36're  good god  also has hundreds of thousands of thousands of memories  HA sa relatives  also follow  upholding  human  refuge Bao . But  we also need to know that,  although the  refuge  can demand  is that  peace  , but the purpose of  the final  of the  refuge  is still  to return  and revive  the essenceJewels  true that every new person  refuge  rightly so.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.13/11/2016.MHDT.