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三、歸依僧。僧伽，秦言眾，眾名和合。出家三乘行者，心與佛所說事理法合，故名為僧。歸者，反九十五種邪行之侶，歸心出家三乘正行之伴，故名歸。依者，憑心出家三乘正行伴，得出三塗及三界生死。故經云：「歸依於僧者，永不復更歸依其餘諸外道也。」

Third, taking refuge in the Saṅgha. "Saṅgha" in the language of Qin is "assembly" (zhong); "assembly" means harmonious union. For practitioners of the three vehicles who have gone forth, when their minds unite with the dharmas of principle and phenomena spoken by the Buddha, they are therefore named Saṅgha. "Taking refuge" means turning away from companions of the ninety-five kinds of heterodox conduct and directing one's mind to take refuge in companions of the correct conduct of the three vehicles who have gone forth; therefore it is called taking refuge. "Relying upon" means depending with one's mind upon companions of the correct conduct of the three vehicles who have gone forth, thereby being able to escape the three destinies and the birth and death of the three realms. Therefore a sūtra says: "One who takes refuge in the Saṅgha will never again take refuge in any other non-Buddhist paths."