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thumb|upright|Gankyil Unicode symbol (U+0FCB), ࿋, as rendered in Jomolhari (typeface)|Jomolhari font.

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  • Exegesis
  • Associated triunes
  • Ground, path, and fruit
  • Three humours of traditional Tibetan medicine
  • Study, reflection, and meditation
  • Mula dharmas of the path
  • Triratna doctrine
  • Three Roots
  • Three Higher Trainings
  • Three Dharma Seals
  • Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma
  • Trikaya doctrine
  • Three cycles of Nyingmapa Dzogchen
  • Three Spheres
  • Sound, light and rays
  • Three lineages of Nyingmapa Dzogchen
  • Three aspects of energy in Dzogchen
  • In Bon
  • Three Treasures of Yungdrung Bon
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • Works cited
  • External links

thumb|upright|Gankyil Unicode symbol (U+0FCB), ࿋, as rendered in Jomolhari (typeface)|Jomolhari font.

The Gankyil (, ) or "wheel of joy" () is a symbol and ritual tool used in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism. It is composed of three (sometimes two or four) swirling and interconnected blades. The traditional spinning direction is clockwise (right turning), but the counter-clockwise ones are also common.

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