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.
