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In the Buddhist tradition, the five hindrances (Sinhala: පඤ්ච නීවරණ, romanized: pañca nīvaraṇa; Pali: pañca nīvaraṇāni) are identified as mental factors that hinder progress in meditation and in daily life. In the Theravada tradition, these factors are identified specifically as obstacles to the jhānas (stages of concentration) within meditation practice. Within the Mahayana tradition, the five hindrances are identified as obstacles to samatha (tranquility) meditation. Contemporary Insight Meditation teachers identify the five hindrances as obstacles to mindfulness meditation.

The five hindrances are:

Sensory desire (kāmacchanda): seeking for pleasure through the five senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and physical feeling. Ill-will (vyāpāda; also spelled byāpāda): feelings of hostility, resentment, hatred and bitterness. Sloth-and-torpor (thīna-middha): half-hearted action with little or no effort or concentration. Restlessness-and-worry (uddhacca-kukkucca): the inability to calm the mind and focus one's energy. Doubt (vicikiccha): lack of conviction or trust in one's abilities.

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Title	Speaker	Date
August 5th, 1999, Serial No. 00921 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Samsara, Liberation,...		Aug 05 1999
September 18th, 1999, Serial No. 00195, Side B Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...		Sep 18 1999
1999.12.05-serial.00064 Serial: SF-00064 Sunday dharma talk. Letting Go, Peace, Attachment, Freedom, Practice Period, Hindrances, Nirvana, Doubt,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 05 1999
December 5th, 1999, Serial No. 03927 Hindrances, Doubt, Emotions, Enthusiasm, Emptiness, Greed, Silence, Attachment,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 05 1999 City Center
Tenzo Kyokun Class Emptiness, Dragons, Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, Hindrances, Impermanence,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 21 2000 Green Gulch
Hindrances: Fear Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go, Dana, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 03 2000 City Center
Essence of Mind & the Five Hinderances Serial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Major Afflictions Serial: BZ-00084B Saturday Lecture Monkey Mind, Hindrances, confusion, Renunciation, Greed, Evil, Nirvana, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 28 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
September 2nd, 2001, Serial No. 00089, Side A Concentration, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Zazen Mind, Right Effort, Bodhisattva...		Sep 02 2001
October 18th, 2001, Serial No. 00474, Side A Heart Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Chanting, Hindrances, Aspects of...		Oct 18 2001
Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00065A Rohatsu Day 7 Enlightenment, Ordinary Mind, Discrimination, Daily Life, Instruction, Thoroughness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
December 8th, 2001, Serial No. 03938 Ego, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Zazen, Vows, Doubt, Emptiness,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 08 2001 City Center
Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00147A One-Day Sitting Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Practice Period, Tassajara, Instruction, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-04039 Listening without judgement, compassion, what hinders our ability, fear of not being helpful, generosity, 98% is about me, reflective listening, cultivate spaciousness, arguing... Cultivation, Conversation, training, Observe, Precepts, Avalokiteshvara, Zendo,...	Yvonne Rand	Jun 30 2002 Green Gulch
Practice and Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00154A One-Day Sitting Dogen, Practice, Enlightenment, Faith, Intuition, Posture, Doubt, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 14 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Vasubandhu Serial: SF-04013 Summer intensive Demons, Hindrances, Delusion, Anger, Letting Go, Zazen, Doubt, Separation, Happiness...	Teah Strozer	Aug 01 2002 City Center
November 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00171, Side A Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay, Heart Sutra,...		Nov 09 2002
November 16th, 2002, Serial No. 00977 Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,...	Marc Lesser	Nov 16 2002 City Center
December 8th, 2002, Serial No. 03985 Mindfulness, Separation, Hindrances, Judgement, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Greed, Commitment...	Teah Strozer	Dec 08 2002 City Center
ial No. 00290 Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Hindrances, Daily Life, Separation, Instruction, Buddha Nature...		2003
February 28th, 2003, Serial No. 00462 Anger, Ego, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe, Describe, Four Noble Truths, Greed,...		Feb 28 2003
May 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00295 Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Religion, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Chanting...		May 01 2003
June 12th, 2003, Serial No. 00291, Side A Mindfulness, Concentration, Cultivation, Bell, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations,...		Jun 12 2003
June 19th, 2003, Serial No. 01344 Four Noble Truths, Liberation, training, Hindrances, Lineage, Karma, Attachment, Echo...		Jun 19 2003
Sesshin Lecture Practice Period, Greed, Sanctuary, Hate, Freedom, Chanting, Tassajara, Hindrances,...	Leslie James	Oct 28 2003 Tassajara
November 13th, 2003, Serial No. 01016, Side B Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons, Dharma Transmission,...		Nov 13 2003
Book of Serenity: Case #4 Serial: BZ-01254 What Is A Practice Place?, Saturday Lecture SER-4, Sanctuary, Big Mind, Posture, Funeral, Book of Serenity, resistance,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu's "Go Wash Your Bowls" Serial: BZ-01255 One-Day Sitting Joshu, Continuous Practice, Posture, Daily Life, Samadhi, Instruction, Karmic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
June 10th, 2004, Serial No. 01026, Side A Four Noble Truths, Harmonizing, Intuition, Four Foundations, Complete Perfect...		Jun 10 2004
Gakudo Yojin-Shu (last): Practicing Within the Obstructions Serial: BZ-01270B Staining, Not Breaking Precepts, Sesshin Day 4 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Hindrances, Precepts, confusion, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 19 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
2004.07.26-serial.00034 true dharma, Hindrances, Commitment, Vows, Desire	Edward Brown	Jul 26 2004
2004.07.26-serial.00035 true dharma, Hindrances, Commitment, Vows, Desire	Edward Brown	Jul 26 2004
September 26th, 2004, Serial No. 01281 Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Precious Mirror, Nirvana Sutra, Hindrances, Heart...		Sep 26 2004
November 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01290, Side B Silence, Silent Illumination, Emotions, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Subject-and-Object...		Nov 20 2004
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03484 Dining Room Class Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Hindrances, Diversity,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 2004 Tassajara
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01296 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind Serial: BZ-00573 Sesshin Day 6 Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Composure, Continuous, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2005
Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind Serial: SF-03578 Sesshin 2 Day 6 Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Continuous, Composure, Suzuki Roshi, Dream World,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2005 Tassajara
February 28th, 2005, Serial No. 00771 Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Evil, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity...		Feb 28 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Letting...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 2005 Tassajara
March 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01314, Side B zen meditation, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, true dharma, Buddha Nature, soto,...		Mar 19 2005
March 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01316, Side C Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...		Mar 26 2005
March 29th, 2005, Serial No. 00584 Tassajara, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Zoom, Demons, Hindrances,...		Mar 29 2005
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01931 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Practice Period, Tassajara, Freedom, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Zendo, Faith...	Leslie James	Mar 29 2005 Tassajara
2005.06.18-serial.00039 Letting Go, Oneness, Faith, Obstacles, Hindrances	Edward Brown	Jun 18 2005
2005.06.18-serial.00186 Letting Go, Oneness, Faith, Obstacles, Hindrances	Edward Brown	Jun 18 2005
Zendo Lecture Zazen Mind, Precepts, Karma, Hindrances, Priest, Peace, Practice Period, Freedom,...	Kosho McCall	Jul 15 2005 Tassajara
July 16th, 2005, Serial No. 01336 Concentration, Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Hindrances, Right...		Jul 16 2005
Mumonkan: Case #3 Serial: BZ-01194B Gutei's One Finger, Saturday Lecture Gutei, MM-3, Renewal, Sanctuary, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Hindrances, confusion, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 22 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
October 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01195 Practice Period, Mahayana, Aspects of Practice, Hindrances, Ego, Intimacy, Rinzai,...		Oct 23 2005

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