4👑☸ Cattāri Ariya-saccaṃ 四聖諦
STED 5niv⛅: pañca nīvaraṇā
5 hindrances
similes for 5niv⛅
see Goldcraft 5.1.0 - 5 hindrances as a group
1. kāma-c-chando❤️🔥 / sensual-desire
🔬1.kāma-c-chando❤️🔥, as a nīvaraṇā hindrance.
See kāma for detailed treatment and a comprehensive manual of techniques on destroying lust. This article will focus more specifically on kāma-c-chanda as one of the 5 hindrances.
2. byāpādo😠 / ill-will
🔬2. byāpādo😠 / ill-will
3. thina-middhaṃ🥱 / sloth and torpor
🔬3. thina-middhaṃ🥱 / sloth and torpor
This sutta is especially useful: AN 7.61 Pacalāyana: Buddha advises Moggallana with 7 ways to cope: You should have short summary of 7 steps memorized and recite daily.
4. uddhacca-kukkuccaṃ😰 / restlessness and remorse
🔬4. uddhacca-kukkuccaṃ😰 / restlessness and remorse
AN 3.130 anuruddha has divine eye with passadhi, samadhi, ekagga citta, but not arahant yet and subtle 5niv for restlessness and remorse, and conceit.
5. vici-kicchā🤷 / skeptical doubt
🔬5. vici-kicchā🤷 / skeptical doubt
MN 63 famous simile of person dying refusing to pull out arrow without getting answers
Misc.
Suttas of relevance
SN 46.0 vagga 4. Hindrances chapter (Nīvaraṇa-vagga). 10 suttas starting at SN 46.31
🔗SN 46.55, bart simpson and beer goggles
Nyanaponika Thera's booklet
I used his book as a starting point for this 5niv reference.https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel026.html#sloth:
The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest
Selected Texts from the Pali Canon and the Commentaries
compiled and translated by
Nyanaponika Thera