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Encyclopedia > Three Treasures

Three Treasures or Three Jewels (Chinese: 三寶; Pinyin: sānbǎo; Wade-Giles: san-pao) can refer to: Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ...


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The Doctrines and Practice of Nichiren Shoshu (1827 words)
The Treasure of the Buddha (Buppo) is the Buddha who is enlightened to the true nature of phenomena and to causes and effects spanning the Three Existences of the past, present and future.
Therefore, among the various descriptions of the Three Treasures, those of the provisional Mahayana are superior to those of the Hinayana, those of the Theoretical Teaching are superior to those of the provisional Mahayana.
The Three Treasures of the Buddhism of the Sowing
Three Jewels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (274 words)
The Triratna or "Three Jewels" symbol, on a Buddha footprint.
A trident, or trisula, with three branches, representing the threefold jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.
The triratna can be further reinforced by being surmounted with three dharma wheels (one for each of the three jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha).
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