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Belief overview
Three jewels of the Jain path
Right view, right knowledge, and right conduct form the classical path of liberation.
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What it is: The three jewels, or ratnatraya, are right view, right knowledge, and right conduct.
How the tradition understands it: These three elements are inseparable: one must perceive reality correctly, understand it, and live according to that understanding.
Textual basis and context: The theme appears in classical formulations of Jain soteriology and structures much of religious teaching.
Debates and variations: Later commentaries detail their relations and degrees of realization.
Documentary evidence
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Tattvartha Sutra 1.1
The three jewels as the basis of the path.
Reference: Tattvartha Sutra 1.1.
Content: The text associates right vision, right knowledge, and right conduct with the path of liberation.
Use in debate: It is the classical reference for the ratnatraya.
Uttaradhyayana Sutra 28
Right conduct and discipline.
Reference: Uttaradhyayana Sutra, chapter 28.
Content: The text links right conduct and spiritual vigilance.
Use in debate: It complements the doctrine of the three jewels.