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Buddhism is a way of life. It is beyond philosophy, religion, psychology, metaphysics. It is based on cause and effect. It is time-tested, universal and priceless doctrines available even today to test and accept. Buddhism is not based on belief and faith and is based on one�s own understanding and experience. The individuals in the world are bothered by impurities of mind. All inherent problems are because of defilements in the mind. This paper is based on survey and empirical research conducted in Bangalore and Myanmar. The total sample size of respondents was 461 consisting of Buddhist monks, nuns, lay-men and women devotees in Dhamma dispensation. The impact is elicited before and after practicing of Three Fold Training by the sample respondents. Gauthama Buddha through his discoveries has given to the mankind the four noble truths and the noble eight fold path. The three fold training is for purifying beings through practical approach of practicing five moral precepts, concentration and wisdom. It is a gradual process and a step-by step process to deliver the mind from defilements, craving and ignorance. The paper traces out how three fold training metamorphosed the practitioners under the study into positive cultivation of mind and eradicating and conquering their defilements to a great extent. The study was conducted in Bangalore and Myanmar. In the aftermath of three fold training, the participants� personal excellence, inter-personal relation excellence and professional excellence have increased. Their social transactions are very calm, quiet and beneficial on account of undergoing Buddha�s three fold training in morality, concentration and wisdom.