These
are the 5 Mental Hindrances:
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
and Ill-Will...
3: The Mental Hindrance of Lethargy and Laziness...
4: The Mental Hindrance of Restlessness
and Regret...
5: The Mental Hindrance of Doubt and Uncertainty...
These are the 5 kinds of
Mental
Hindrance! The
Noble 8-fold
Way should
be developed for the direct experience of these five Mental Hindrances,
for the full understanding
and elimination of them, and for their final and
total overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind! This
Noble 8-fold
Way
is developed for the sake of uprooting all Mental Hindrance!
Explanation of
the 5 Mental Hindrances:
Desire for sights, sounds, smells, flavours,
touches, & thoughts is obvious.
Aversion is hate, anger, irritation, opposition,
resistance, & stubbornness.
Lethargy & Laziness are all sluggishness, indolence,
slow and slack inactivity.
Restlessness & Regret are agitation, anxiety,
hurry, remorse, and worry.
Doubt & Uncertainty are indecision, hesitation, perplexity, & qualm
dilemma.
Mental Hindrance means a mental & invisible yet real & ultimately
effective
obstacle, obstruction, block,
impediment, hurdle and debilitating handicap!
Videos on these 5 Mental
Hindrances (Nīvaranas):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-m7FuFzII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4LRm8K-uSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkkv890c5JQ
Dhamma on Air #14 Audio: The 5 Hindrances
https://soundcloud.com/bhikkhu-samahita/dhamma-on-air-14-audio
For details on the Mental Hindrances –
Nīvaraṇa
and their removal:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm
More on
these 5 Mental Hindrances
(Nīvaranas):
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Fire_of_Sense-Desire.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Restlessness_and_Regret.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Starving_the_Hindrances.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Feeding_the_Hindrances.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Doubt_and_Uncertainty.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Lethargy_and_Laziness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suitable_Substitution.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Anger_and_Irritation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_5_Become_10.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Naturally_Radiant.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Canal.htm
