jewel; supreme rarity; precious jewel; precious substance; treasure Comment: As in the Three Jewels (Buddha, his doctrine, and the spiritual community).
1) jewel, rare and excellent [rare if 1 does not collect merit &, naturally w/o defiling dharmas &, since naturally don sgrub pas powerful &, as cause of virtuous thoughts of sentient beings and ornament of the world &, more excellent than the world &, with changeless nature and qualities]; 2) Dkon mchog dpang btsugs; 3) God)/ 1) jewel, rare and excellent [R]; 2) Dkon mchog dpang btsugs; 3) God [Christian writings]
Precious Ones. Same as the Three Jewels. For further details of their qualities, see Buddha Nature by Thrangu Rinpoche, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1988
Skrt. ratna. Lit. "rare and sublime/supreme." 1) Syn. {rin chen}: jewel, precious stone, gem, precious, superior, supreme, rarest, superior rarity, greatest rarity, most precious object. 2) Syn. {dkon mchog gsum}: the [Three] Jewels, the [Three] Precious Ones, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha: