Outer Three Jewels and Inner Three Jewels
2023-11-27
Outer Three Jewels and Inner Three Jewels
The Venerable Master Hsuan-Hua replied:
The Inner Three Jewels are a person's Dharmakāya and Wisdom Life, and the Outer Three Jewels (Refuge in Buddhism) are good examples for people. Therefore, while protecting the Outer Three Jewels, we should also take care of our own Jing Qi Shen, and keep our bodies clean as jade, so as not to waste the Inner Three Jewels. It is not always that you left home you are Sangha, not wasting Jing Qi Shen, then can one be called Sangha. So even if you are lay Buddhist, as long as you cannot waste your Jing Qi Shen, you are Sangha. Believe it or not!
https://www.drbachinese.org/online_reading/dharma_talks/JinGangBangHe/701-720.htm