Three spheres

Three spheres (T. 'khor gsum འཁོར་གསུམ་) - in the Mahayana of the Sanskrit tradition, the "three spheres" are subject, object and action.

For example, consider a child looking a toy:

• the child = subject or agent
• toy = object
• looking/seeing = action

When the three spheres are conceptualized (seen as inherently existing), this is a cognitive obscuration (jñeyā-varaṇa).

When the three spheres are seen to be lacking inherent existence, there is no cognitive obscuration.

The three spheres are also referred to as

• three spheres of meditation (sgom pa'i 'khor gsum སྒོམ་པའི་འཁོར་གསུམ་)
• three agents of object, agent, and action (bya byed las gsum བྱ་བྱེད་ལས་གསུམ་)

External links

• three spheres, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
• bya_byed_las_gsum, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki