Observe the Observer: Meditation on the Three Jewels

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Meditation on the Three Jewels (textbook)
 
             The Buddha is
             one worthy of offerings,
             one who knows all things rightly,
             one endowed with wisdom and conduct,
             one who knows the way to the other shore,
             one who knows the world well,
             the highest one,
             one who tames people well,
             teacher of gods and humans,
             the awakened one and the most revered.

             The Dharma
             was well taught by the Buddha,
             can be seen and known by oneself,
             is timeless,
             invites one to come and see,
             leads onward,
             and the wise 
             can know it for themselves.

             The Sangha, the Buddha's disciples,
             practice the path well and practice the path rightly,
             practice the path truly,
             and practice the path fittingly.
             They are the four pairs of practitioners
             and the eight types of persons.
             Such The Sangha, the Buddha's disciples,
             worthy of offerings,
             worthy of gifts,
             worthy of generosity,
             worthy of respect,
             and the unsurpassed field of merit for the world.





Summary of the Dharma Talk (Teachings)

          * Summary of Buddhist teachings = teaching the causes of all results.
                                        + It also accounts for results whose causes have ended.

           * Achieving right connections = cause (my part, subjective) + conditions (surroundings, circumstances, objective)

           * Diligent practice = observing the body + observing the mind + observing the nature (the mind that observes the observer)