Three vajras
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Three vajras (Skt. trivajra; Tib.རྡོ་རྗེ་གསུམ་, dorje sum, Wyl. rdo rje gsum) —
- vajra body (Skt. kāyavajra; Tib. སྐུའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, kü dorjé, Wyl. sku'i rdo rje),
- vajra speech (Skt. vākvajra; Tib. གསུང་གི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, sung gi dorjé, Wyl. gsung gi rdo rje), and
- vajra mind (Skt. cittavajra; Tib. ཐུགས་ཀྱི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, tuk kyi dorjé, Wyl. thugs kyi rdo rje).
In Vajrayana, the three doors of human beings are considered to be, in essence, the three vajras or three secrets.
Further Reading
- Dzogchen Ponlop, Wild Awakening (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2003), pages 152-154.