Three doors

A person's three doors (Skt. tridvāra; Tib. go sum; Wyl. sgo gsum) are his or her:

• body (Skt. kāya; Tib. lü; Wyl. lus),
• speech (Skt. vāk; Tib. ngak; Wyl. ngag), and
• mind (Skt. citta; Tib. yi; Wyl. yid).

Through these three doors, we accumulate either positive or negative karma. Of the three, the mind is the ‘boss’, and the body and speech are subservient.