First, the Buddha. According to your teaching, you personally no longer exist, nor will she. Nonexistence is the first gem. The Dhamma. The teaching has no eternal Word to preserve, no absolute to be guided by. That’s the second gem. The Sangha. The community consists of those who believe no self exists and move toward not desiring anything, including the friendship of others. That’s the third gem. You know, Gautama, one day a man looking for precious pearls came upon a pearl of great price. He traded everything he had to obtain this pearl.
