Three Jewels
This Chinese name "sanbao" originally referred to the Taoist "Three Treasures" from the "Tao Te Ching" (67, tr. Waley 1958:225): "pity", "frugality", and "refusal to be 'foremost of all things under heaven'". It has subsequently also been used to refer to the "Jing Qi Shen" and to the Buddhist Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha). This latter use is misleading, however, as the Three Jewels in Buddhism is a completely different philosophy. The Buddha is the teacher, the Dharma is the teaching, and the Sangha is the community. The Three Jewels of Buddhism are the external supports for achieving realization, while the Three Treasures of Taoism are interior qualities or attitudes to be cultivated.