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The transitory collections and lesser vehicles— | The transitory collections and lesser vehicles— | ||
Because of protecting from these, he is supreme among refuges. | Because of protecting from these, he is supreme among refuges. | ||
Thus the protectors of beings strive in these ways, using manifold powers and dispelling fears of samsara. The 'dharma' means the dharma of realization which, when it is taken to heart, is cessation —freedom of the dhatu from adventitious impurities—and the dharma of the path, which dispels fears of samsara. The 'sangha' means the community of bodhisattvas.<ref>Adrian O’Sullivan, trans., Bodhicaryāvatāra with Commentary (Los Angeles: Dechen Foundation, 2019), 63.</ref> | Thus the protectors of beings strive in these ways, using manifold powers and dispelling fears of samsara. The 'dharma' means the dharma of realization which, when it is taken to heart, is cessation —freedom of the dhatu from adventitious impurities—and the dharma of the path, which dispels fears of samsara. The 'sangha' means the community of bodhisattvas.<ref>Adrian O’Sullivan, trans., ''Bodhicaryāvatāra with Commentary'' (Los Angeles: Dechen Foundation, 2019), 63.</ref> | ||
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Sonam Tsemo describes two qualities that the buddhas have that make them the most supreme of refuges—the quality of being a conqueror (Skt. ''jina'') [LINK to glossary] and the quality of being a protector (Skt. ''natha'') [LINK to glossary]. Here, they are called the conqueror because they have overcome all that is to be abandoned, such as the afflictions and their seeds, and they have attained all the positive qualities, such as the ten powers and the four fearlessnesses [LINK to glossary]. They are called the protectors of beings because they fulfill the aims and welfare of all beings by protecting them from everything that is harmful and that endangers us, especially the fears and sufferings of samsara. | |||
In his commentary to verse 48, Khenpo Kunpal elaborates on the Dharma and Sangha Jewels. | |||
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|quote-text=Accordingly, the Dharma that resides within the Buddha's heart, in other words, the Dharma that he realized, includes all the teachings profound and vast. If practiced, it scatters and pacifies all the terrors of samsara. Therefore from now on, we must take refuge in the Dharma of transmission and realization and take it as our path. Henceforth too, we must take refuge—perfectly, straightforwardly, and without hesitation—in the Sangha of the noble Bodhisattvas residing on the grounds of realization from which there is no regression. For they are our companions on the path.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 109.</ref> | |||
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Here, Khenpo Kunpal says that the Sangha Jewel is specifically the bodhisattvas who have realized emptiness directly and who have reached the bodhisattva's grounds, or ''bhūmis'' [LINK to glossary]. | |||
