 
 <prompt> How long Three Jewels go dey exist? Given di last question, write one context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: Traditionally, di first step for most Buddhist schools dey require make person take refuge for di Three Jewels as di foundation of im religious practice. Di practice of taking refuge on top of young pikin or even unborn pikin dey mentioned for di Majjhima Nikaya, wey most scholars recognize as early text. Tibetan Buddhism sometimes add fourth refuge, wey be di lama. For Mahayana, di person wey choose bodhisattva path dey make vow or pledge, wey dem consider as di ultimate expression of compassion. For Mahayana, too, di Three Jewels dey see as dem get eternal and unchanging essence and as dem get irreversible effect: "Di Three Jewels get di quality of excellence. Just as real jewels no dey change their faculty and goodness, whether dem dey praised or insulted, so na di Three Jewels (Refuges) be, because dem get eternal and immutable essence. Dis Three Jewels bring fruition wey no dey change, because once person don reach Buddhahood, e no dey possible to fall back to suffering. 