DASVAAN DUAAR
Literally: Dasvaan means the tenth and Duaar means the door.
There are nine holes (doors/gates) in human body (these are: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, anus and urethra).
Some people believe that there are some secret duaars (holes or doors or gates) in human body and these are not visible. The Hindu book Bhagwad Gita considers the human body as a city with nine gates.
Hatth Yoga claims that there are ten doors in human body.
Katha Upanishad claims eleven gates. Buddhism too believes in the concept of the Tenth Door.
In Sikh terminology this Daswaan Duaar means consciousness and intellect. Guru Amar Das refers to the Daswaan Duaar as that secret door, which is opened with the key of Guru Sahib’s Word.
Daswaan Duaar, as a mystic door, is not a concept of the Sikh faith.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)