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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 andany sense-desire for anything external is a hindrance too. Sense-desire is thustwofold by this explanation: Internal and external.Own ill-will opposing anything internal is a hindrance. Others ill-will & any aversionopposing 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.

 

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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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