How 5 become 10 ... !!!

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How do the 5 Mental Hindrances become 10?

 

The Blessed Buddha once explained:

How, Bhikkhus, is the explanation of the five mental hindrances becoming ten???

Own sense-desire for anything internal is a hindrance. Others sense-desire and

any sense-desire for anything external is a hindrance too. Sense-desire is thus

twofold by this explanation: Internal and external.

Own ill-will opposing anything internal is a hindrance. Others ill-will & any aversion

opposing anything external are hindrances too. A dual ill-will can thus be defined.

Any lethargy is a mental hindrance. Any laziness is indeed also a mental hindrance.

Lethargy and laziness therefore, becomes an obstructing double mental hindrance.

All restlessness there is, is a mental hindrance. Whatever regret there is, is also

a hindrance. Therefore can restlessness & regret be explained as two hindrances.

Any doubt and uncertainty about any internal personal condition, is a hindrance.

Any doubt and uncertainty about any other external condition, is also a hindrance.

Thus does doubt and uncertainty become explained, as a matched mirror pair.

 

 

On how to prevent the mental hindrances see:

http://what-buddha-said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm and

http://www.what-buddha-said.org/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htm

 

Source (edited extract):

The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.

Book [V:110] section 46: The Links. 52: The Explanation...

 

 

 

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