[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 87.21 # 法苑珠林 87.21 法苑珠林 87.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [87.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.87.21) 夫三寶應化隨機感益。一音演說各得類解。故論云。歸依佛者。謂一切智五分法身也。歸依法者。謂滅諦涅槃也。歸依僧者。謂諸賢聖學無學功德自他身盡處也。即自他惑滅所無之處。故云盡處也。故般若經云。一切聖人皆以無為法得名。無為即無漏之別因也。由此三寶常住於世。不為世法之所𣣋慢。以稱寶也。如世珍寶為生所重。今此三寶為諸群生三乘七眾之所歸仰。故名三歸也。 > Now, the Three Jewels respond and transform according to capacities, granting benefit through sympathetic resonance. Preached with a single voice, each attains understanding according to their kind. Therefore, a treatise says: Taking refuge in the Buddha refers to the all-knowing five-part dharma-body. Taking refuge in the Dharma refers to the truth of cessation, nirvāṇa. Taking refuge in the Saṃgha refers to the place where the merits of trainees and non-trainees among the noble ones reach the exhaustion of both their own and others' bodies—that is, the place where self-and-other defilements are extinguished and reduced to nothing; hence it is called "the place of exhaustion." Therefore, the Prajñā-sūtra says: All noble persons are designated on the basis of unconditioned dharmas. "Unconditioned" is another cause of the undefiled. Because of this, the Three Jewels dwell constantly in the world and are not subject to the disparagement and neglect of worldly phenomena; hence they are named "Jewels." Just as worldly precious jewels are valued by living beings, so now these Three Jewels are what living beings of the three vehicles and the seven assemblies take refuge in and revere; hence they are named the "Three Refuges." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 87.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.87.20) - [Next: 87.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.87.22) - [Up: 87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.87) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.87.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.87.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.87.21) · Pramāṇa