Causal taking of safe direction

A taking of safe direction (refuge) in which the sources of that safe direction are the persons or phenomena that act as causes for one's own attainment of the Three Gems, namely the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha already attained by others.

Tibetan: རྒྱུའི་སྐྱབས་འགྲོ། སྐྱབས་འགྲོ་ཙམ་པ་བ། rgyu'i skyabs-'gro; skyabs-'gro tsam-pa-ba

Synonyms: Causal refuge; Mere taking of safe direction


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