rnam par thar pa gsum

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The Three Complete Liberations are Emptiness (Skt. śūnyatā, Tib. སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་, Wyl. stong pa nyid), Signlessness (absence of characteristics or attributes, Skt. animitta, Tib. མཚན་ཉིད་མེད་པ་, Wyl. mtshan nyid med pa), and Wishlessness (absence of expectancy (Skt. apraṇihita; Tib. སྨོན་པ་མེད་པ་, Wyl. smon pa med pa). Synonymous with the 'Three Doors-' or 'Gateways of/to Liberation', rnam par thar pa'i sgo gsum or rnam thar sgo gsum. See also the short form, rnam thar gsum. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]