Tridvāra
tridvāra. (P. dvārattaya; T. sgo gsum; C. sanmen 三門). Literally, “three doors” or “three gates”. The "three doors" refer to the body (kāya), speech (vāk), and mind (citta) as means for the performance of physical, verbal, and mental deeds (karma).[1]
The three doors are also the doors through which one may enter into the physical, verbal, and mental practice of the dharma.[1] "Since it is through these three doors that beings accumulate the fruits (vipāka) of either negative or positive karman, the adept is taught to guard sense faculties (indriyasaṃvara) throughout the activities of everyday life, in order to control the inveterate tendency toward craving."[1]
In Buddhist tantra, the three doors are viewed as the "three secrets" or the "three vajras".[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. tridvāra.
- ↑
Three doors, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
སྒོ་གསུམ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary