The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2098 page)

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Samb
.
Jap., Mah
y
na, and Zen term for the
Three Jewels
(
triratna
), i.e. ‘three treasures’, the foundation for all Buddhist life. In Mah
y
na, the significance of the three is greatly extended by exploring
(i) how the three are nevertheless one, ittai-samb
;
(ii) how they manifest themselves, genzen-samb
;
(iii) how they are verifiable and verified.
Samb
-ekotoba
.
Three scrolls of paintings and explanations of
Samb
, composed by Minamoto Tamenori (d. 1011). They contain, in addition, outline biographies of famous Buddhists.

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