The Best Refuge
188. Men, driven by fear, go to many a refuge, to mountains and forests, to groves and sacred trees.
189. But that is not a safe refuge, that is not the best refuge; a man is not delivered from all pains after having gone to that refuge.
190. He who takes refuge with Buddha, the Law, and the Church; he who, with clear understanding, sees the four holy truths:–
191. Viz. pain, the origin of pain, the destruction of pain, and the eightfold holy way that leads to the quieting of pain;–
192. That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.
From The Dhammapada, Translated from the Pâli by F. Max Müller, Oxford, the Clarendon Press
[1881] Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1016.htm
Comment: I’ve not changed the wording. Law and Church are how the author translated Dharma, and Sangha. Though it jarred me at first, these do add to my understanding of the words Dharma and Sangha. To your happiness – Mark