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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 25 January 1902
Will go an take refuge in Triratna.[1] Shwe Dagon Pagoda.[2]
? Sun-traumatism. 103° Doctor.
1—Triratna, or Three Jewels, are three things that Buddhists take refuge in: the Buddha, his teachings, and the community of realized practitioners, and in return look toward for guidance. 2—Schwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Burma (Myanmar), as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa.
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