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**[Essential Sutra]**
(2) I take refuge in the Siddhas, (3) I take refuge in the Sadhus, (4) I take refuge in the Dharma embodied in the omniscient.
**Discussion:** No material object in the world can truly provide refuge to a human being. Be it a mother, father, son, wife, wealth, or any other relative. But, not knowing this fact, ignorant humans consider these perishable objects of the world as refuge.
The reality is that in the world, there is no other refuge giver besides the Arihants, Siddhas, Sadhus, and the Dharma embodied in the omniscient. All the wicked people who have become virtuous in the past and present have become so only by taking refuge in these four. A human being wants to take refuge in Dharma. Dharma has the capacity to provide refuge. "Dhammo. Diivo Paitttha Nan" - meaning Dharma is a lamp, a light, a foundation, a base, a movement. There may be many other refuge givers, but the best refuge is the one that saves us, rescues us from difficulties, frees us from fear, and makes us fearless. What object in the world can save us from the fear of death forever? Can it protect us from the undesirable consequences of sinful actions? This power lies only in taking refuge in the four mentioned in the sutra. Therefore, these four are the true refuge from a transcendental perspective.
**[Pratikraman Sutra]**
I wish to renounce, with a steady mind, staying in one place, all other activities except meditation and silence. [But before that, the disciple criticizes his own faults -] In knowledge, in perception, in conduct, and especially in the knowledge of the scriptures, in the form of right conduct and the form of conduct in Samayik, 'Jo Me Devasio' - meaning, whatever transgression I have committed due to negligence, regarding the rules of conduct for the day (and night), whether it be physical, mental, verbal, or mental transgression, may the sin of that transgression be nullified for me.
That transgression is against the sutra, against the path, against the tradition, against the unthought-of conduct,