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The Ratana Sutta upholds the Three Jewels as follows:
- the Buddha as the unequalled Realized One (verse 3: na no samam atthi Tathagatena)
- the Teaching (dhamma) of:
- Nirvana (verse 4: khayam viragam amatam panitam), and
- the unsurpassed concentration (verse 5: samadhim) leading to Nirvana
- the noble Community (ariya sangha) for having:
- attained Nirvana (verses 7: te pattipatta amatam vigayha),
- realized the Four Noble Truths (verses 8-9: yo ariyasaccani avecca passati), and
- abandoned the first three fetters (verse 10: tayas su dhamma jahita bhavanti) that bind us to samsara.
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