The 5 Mental Hindrances ... !!!

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There are these five Mental Hindrances (Nivarana):

The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these five kinds of Mental Hindrance. What five?

1: The Mental Hindrance of Desire for Sensing...2: The Mental Hindrance of Aversion & Ill-Will...3: The Mental Hindrance of Lethargy & Laziness…4: The Mental Hindrance of Restlessness & Regret…5: The Mental Hindrance of Doubt & Uncertainty…

These are the five kinds of Mental Hindrance! The Noble 8-fold Way should be developed for the direct experience of these five kinds of Mental Hindrance, for the full understanding and elimination of them, and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind…This Noble 8-fold Way is developed for the sake of the uprooting of all Mental Hindrance!

Explanation:Mental Hindrance of Desire for pleasurable Sights, sounds, smells, flavours, touches, & thoughts is obvious…Mental Hindrance of Aversion is all hate, anger, irritation, opposition, resistance, rigidity and stubbornness…Mental Hindrance of Lethargy & Laziness is all sluggishness, indolence, stupor, slow sloth, and slack inactivity…Mental Hindrance of Restlessness & Regret is all agitation, anxiety, hurry, remorse, uneasiness & being worried…Mental Hindrance of Doubt & Uncertainty is all indecision, hesitation, confusion, perplexity, & qualm dilemma…Mental Hindrance means a mental yet real obstacle, obstruction, barrier, block, impediment, hurdle & handicap!For details on the Mental Hindrances – Nīvaraṇa and their overcoming & removal:http://what-buddha-said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm

Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:60] section 45: The Way. 177: The 5 Mental Hindrances ... http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html.

 

 

 

 

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