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LESSON 6 – HINDRANCES

Reading: Saṅgārava Sutta ("Similes of a bowl of water") - Samyutta Nikaya 46.55

Five Hindrances (nīvaraṇā)

• Sensual desire (kāmacchanda)

• Ill-will (vyāpāda)

• Sloth-and-torpor (thīna-middha)

• ‘Attention deficit’ due to restlessness / excitability-and-regret (auddhatya-kaukritya)

• Doubt (vicikitsā)