The theme that runs through the levels of Buddhist Refuge is the refuge of no refuge. Through practice we come to understand that there is no state or
object that can give us safety from the neuroses of our own minds; that the
only way we can be liberated from conditioned perception and response, and the
confusion that arises from our attempts to separate emptiness and form, is to
aspire to the enlightened state. This
confidence and Refuge can only remain alive and of use to us through practice Living the View is Refuge: recognising the frustration and irritation we experience as opportunities for realisation, as much as the joy and love. Aro Encyclopaedia Index: Refuge by Ngakma Nor’dzin Pamo