Hindrances Talks

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
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01042 Zendo Lecture Day 1 Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Enemies, Instruction,...	Kosho McCall	Nov 10 2005 Tassajara
Sesshin Lecture Mindfulness, Letting Go, Practice Period, Hindrances, Liberation, Balance,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Nov 12 2005 Tassajara
Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light" Serial: BZ-01205 Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5 Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eight Attributes of an Enlightened Being Serial: BZ-01209 Reading from Dogen, Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Eight Awarenesses, Big Mind, Greed, Samadhi, Anger, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
2006.01.30-serial.00008 true dharma, Offering, Hindrances, Lay, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission,...		Jan 30 2006
2006.01.30-serial.00081 Offering, Hindrances, Gratitude, New Year, Sangha, difficulty, Chanting, Daily Life,...		Jan 30 2006
May 8th, 2006, Serial No. 01234 Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Heart Sutra, Practice Position, Commitment,...		May 08 2006
Essence and Action of Prajna Serial: BZ-01235 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Hui Neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Baizhang's Fox Being clear about cause and effect, intention, karma. Hindrances, causation, Fox, Skandas, Karmic Consciousness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 27 2006 AM No Abode Hermitage
June 8th, 2006, Serial No. 01044, Side A Birth-and-Death, Passions, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life...		Jun 08 2006
Commentary on "Komyo-zo Zammai" by Koun Ejô Serial: BZ-01174 Storehouse of Radiant Light Samadhi, One-Day Sitting Koun Ejô, Concentration, Samadhi, Hate, Discrimination, Echo, Gaining Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhas And Sentient Beings Are Not Two Serial: SF-01026 One-day sitting lecture: positive encouragement; nirvana; five hindrances; preliminary practices; three worlds; jhanas - benefits and ptifalls; Four Noble Truths; Mahayana... Hindrances, Nirvana, Concentration, Samadhi, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Freedom,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch
October 22nd, 2006, Serial No. 01394 Precepts, Aspects of Practice, Bodhisattva Precepts, Practice Period, Concentration,...		Oct 22 2006
2007.01.15-serial.00116E Hindrances, Beginners, difficulty, Vows, Interdependence, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha...		Jan 15 2007
Gnosticism American Buddhism as a gnostic practice; meaning of the word "tathagata" Faith, Practice Period, Hindrances, American, Triple Treasure	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 03 2007 PM No Abode Hermitage
March 10th, 2007, Serial No. 01424 Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Buddha Nature, Berkeley Zen Center, Ego, Attachment, Happiness...		Mar 10 2007
Developing Confidence in Buddha Nature Serial: SF-00074 Sunday talk. Koan with the wild ducks; story of the king who questioned the Buddha; report on global warming. Global Warming, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Delusion, Practice Period, Dragons, Lineage...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Mar 18 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Intelligence of the Natural World Serial: SF-00941 Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Silence, Buddha Ancestors, Composure, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Zendo,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 07 2007 Green Gulch
Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-01003 Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
True Humility and Buddha's Practice Serial: BZ-01101 Bare Attention and Not Anticipating, Rohatsu Day 3 Practice, Shikantaza, Humility, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Anger...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
December 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01102, Side B Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Hindrances, Evil, Nirvana, Hate, Building, War...		Dec 05 2007
January 5th, 2008, Serial No. 01107 Emotions, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Liberation,...		Jan 05 2008
2008.01.21-serial.00112F Practice Period, Hindrances, Interdependence, Soto Zen, Liberation, soto, Heart Sutra...		Jan 21 2008
Zazen, Sanshimopo, and Doshin: Foundations of Practice Serial: BZ-01112 Shikantaza, Guidance, and Way-Seeking Mind, Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Zazen, Way-Seeking Mind, Ego, Continuous, Teacher-and-Student, Gaining...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
March 22nd, 2008, Serial No. 01121 Silent Illumination, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Teacher-and-Student, Non-...		Mar 22 2008
May 16th, 2008, Serial No. 01132 Karma, Forgiveness, Interview, Hindrances, Family Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Anger...		May 16 2008
Blue Cliff Record: Case #80 Serial: BZ-01140 Joshu's the New-born Babe Part I, Sesshin Day 2 Joshu, BCR-80, Emotions, Continuous, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Ego, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction for Zazen Teachers Serial: BZ-01088 How to Give Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction, Lecture Posture, Beginners, Hindrances, Observe, Concentration, Judgement, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising Serial: BZ-01155A Pratitya Samutpada, Teaching Retreat Anger, Greed, Karma, Renunciation, Ego, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Emotions, Skandas,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 2008 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
2008.10.04-serial.00198 Culture, Hindrances, Fox, Chanting, Enemies, Religion, Lay, zen, Describe, difficulty...		Oct 04 2008
Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01079 Serial: BZ-01079 Rohatsu Day 3, side B training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02006 Rohatsu Day 3 Hui Neng, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, training, Instruction, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem: Prajna: Serial No. 01083, Side B Serial: BZ-01083B Rohatus, Day 7, second tape Attachment, Karma, Ego, Big Mind, Non-attachment, Hindrances, Continuous, Mindfulness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary of Poem: Prajna: Serial No. 01452 Serial: BZ-01452 Rohatsu, Day 7, side A Darkness and Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on Poem in Section on Prajna Serial: BZ-02010 Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7 Hui Neng, Darkness and Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Letting Go Serial: BZ-02011 Saturday Lecture Big Mind, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Continuous, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 10 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza Basic Zen Practice: Serial No. 01094 Continuous, Pure Existence, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Hindrances, Happiness, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 2009 BZC
Shikantaza - Basic Zen Practice Serial: BZ-02017 Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Continuous, Pure Existence, Composure, Teacher-and-Student, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Five Hindrances - Especially Restlessness Concentration, Hindrances, Forgiveness, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Avalokiteshvara...	Karen Sundheim	Apr 11 2009
2009.07.03-serial.00202 Repentance, Precepts, Sangha, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Subject-and-Object,...		Jul 03 2009
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Mindfulness, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Priest, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Aug 08 2009
The Landscape of the Self Attachment, Non-attachment, Ego, Anger, Hate, Composure, Patience, Bowing, resistance...	Greg Denny	Aug 29 2009
Hozan Alan Senauke The World Is What You Make It Two Truths, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Precious Mirror,...		Sep 19 2009
The Misunderstandings of Many Lifetimes Serial: TL-00199 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Hindrances, Hongzhi, Posture, Abhidharma, Intimacy	Taigen Dan Leighton	Nov 22 2009 ADZG Temple
You Have Just Enough Problems Serial: BZ-02066 from 'Not Always So', Saturday Lecture Intuition, Pure Existence, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Compassion for Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Hindrances...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage
The Painting of a Rice Cake Hindrances, Composure, Intuition, Oneness, Liberation, Silence, Posture, training,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 05 2010
Vitakkarasanthana Sutra Happiness, Instruction, Aspects of Practice, Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Oct 16 2010
Mindfulness Mindfulness, Hindrances, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Four Foundations,...	Catherine Cascade and Gerri Oliva	Nov 04 2010
Receiving With Gratitude Practice Period, Intimacy, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Tassajara, Anger, Patience,...	Linda Galijan	Nov 20 2010

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