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'''Three secrets''' (Skt. ''triguhya''; Tib. ''sangwa sum''; [[Wyl.]] ''gsang ba gsum'') — in [[Vajrayana]], the [[three doors]] of a human being are considered to be, in essence, the three secrets:
'''Three secrets''' (Skt. ''triguhya''; Tib. གསང་བ་གསུམ་, ''sangwa sum''; Wyl. ''gsang ba gsum'') — in [[Vajrayana]], the [[three doors]] of a human being are considered to be, in essence, the three secrets:
*the secret of the body (Wyl. ''sku'i gsang ba'')—the potential for actualizing the [[nirmanakaya]]  
*the secret of the body (Wyl. ''sku'i gsang ba'')—the potential for actualizing the [[nirmanakaya]]  
*the secret of the speech (Wyl. ''gsung gi gsang ba'')—the potential for actualizing the [[sambhogakaya]]  
*the secret of the speech (Wyl. ''gsung gi gsang ba'')—the potential for actualizing the [[sambhogakaya]]  

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Three secrets (Skt. triguhya; Tib. གསང་བ་གསུམ་, sangwa sum; Wyl. gsang ba gsum) — in Vajrayana, the three doors of a human being are considered to be, in essence, the three secrets:

  • the secret of the body (Wyl. sku'i gsang ba)—the potential for actualizing the nirmanakaya
  • the secret of the speech (Wyl. gsung gi gsang ba)—the potential for actualizing the sambhogakaya
  • the secret of the mind (Wyl. thugs kyi gsang ba)—the potential for actualizing the dharmakaya