ti-ratana

'Three Jewels' or Three Gems, which by all Buddhists are revered as the most venerable things, are

• the Buddha,
• the Dhamma and
• the Holy Sangha.'

i.e.:

• the Enlightened One;

• the law of deliverance discovered, realized and proclaimed by him;

• and the Community of Holy Disciples and those who live in accordance with the Law. -

The contemplations of the 3 Jewels belong to the 10 contemplations (anussati q.v.).