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
The Dream World Serial: BZ-00430 Realm of Desire versus Reality, One-Day Sitting Desire, Daily Life, Dream World, Lay Practice, Lay, Dragons, Interview, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01122 OSB Cam, Compassion, Happiness, lecture, Hindrances, War	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 10 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01128 OSB Cam, Echo, Ceremony, Hindrances, Transmission	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 3 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Book of Serenity: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00418A The Highest Truth is Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 6 Emptiness, SER-2, Enlightenment, Bodhidharma, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1983 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #42 Serial: BZ-00418B The Girls Comes Out of Samadhi, Rohatsu Day 7 Samadhi, MM-42, Four Noble Truths, Manjushri, Samadhi, Hindrances, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1983 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Abhidharma: The Six Pairs Serial: BZ-00417B One-Day Sitting Abhidharma, Eight Aspects, Anger, Daily Life, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Emotions, Gratitude...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Without Hindrance Serial: BZ-00396A Seeing the Absolute and Relative, Saturday Lecture Practice, Absolute-and-Relative, Hindrances, Daily Life, Discrimination, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Five Hindrances Four Noble Truths, Anger, Doubt, Demons, Mindfulness, Greed, Hindrances, Balance,...	Jack Kornfield	Jun 30 1983 SFZC
Importance of Attention to Form in Zen Practice Serial: BZ-00049B Sesshin Day 2 Subject-and-Object, Duality, Hindrances, Oneness, Silent Illumination, Anger, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Gorampa's Zhenpa Zhidel, Serial 00083 difficulty, Sutra, Manjushri, Delusion, Impermanence, Daily Life, Precepts, Interview...	Deshung Rinpoche	Dec 11 1982 Part I DR66
Mahamudra & Chenrezig meditation instructions, Serial 00082 Right Effort, Duality, Non-duality, Delusion, Observe, Hindrances, Intention,...		Dec 05 1982 A Tape II, DR65
Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 8 Serial: BZ-00048A Conduct (understanding) Zazen Mind, Saturday Lecture Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Birth-and-Death, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, true dharma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
November 23rd, 1982, Serial No. 00410 Serial: NC-00410 Monastic Orientation Set 1 of 2 Patience, Hindrances, Sanctuary, Emptiness, Vows	Bruno Barnhart	Nov 23 1982
Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5 Serial: BZ-00044A Need to Find True Teacher, Saturday Lecture Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dragons, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination and the Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00045B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Precepts, Lay, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu: Wash Your Bowls Serial: BZ-00036B On Handling Activity, Saturday Lecture Continuous, Ego, Bodhidharma, Attachment, Samadhi, Eka, Heart Sutra, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 18 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #80 Serial: BZ-00033 Does a Baby Have the 6th Consciousness?, Saturday Lecture Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 31 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00029B "Sitting Long and Getting Tired", Sesshin Day 5 BCR-17 Composure, Zazen, Koan, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Samadhi, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
May 3rd, 1982, Serial No. 00159 Silence, Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Instruction, Posture, Lay, Ceremony, Evil	Katagiri Roshi	May 03 1982
Title Unknown Attachment, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay, Monastic Practice, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 18 1982
April 12th, 1982, Serial No. 00153 Repentance, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Compassion, Hindrances, Don't Know...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 12 1982
How to Sit Sesshin Serial: BZ-00022B Rohatsu Day 5 Commitment, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Hindrances, Obstacles, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 1 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplation - Knowledge of God Liberation, Hindrances, Vows, Concentration	Bruno Barnhart	Feb 1981 2 of 14
The Life of a Zen Monk Serial: BZ-00026B Saturday Lecture Freedom, Daily Life, Water, Unsui, resistance, Precepts, Patience, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 29th, 1980, Serial No. 01062 Precepts, resistance, Daily Life, Patience, Hindrances, confusion, Ego, Attachment...		Nov 29 1980
Right Effort and Right Thought Serial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 15th, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Right Effort, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Daily Life, American,...		Nov 15 1980
Ngon Dro, and sleep yoga of Amitabha, Serial 00011 Buddha Nature, Conversation, Breath, Hindrances, Intention, Describe, Beginners...		Apr 20 1980
Ngon Dro Nyam Len, mandala offering, Serial 00044 Greed, Ceremony, difficulty, Hindrances, Renunciation, Building, Sutra, Concentration...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 30 1980 Session 5 New York City
Ngon Dro, mandala, Serial 00045 Greed, Ceremony, difficulty, Mandala, Impermanence, Hindrances, Renunciation,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 30 1980 New York City
Ngon Dro, Serial 00090 Greed, difficulty, Gratitude, Hindrances, Renunciation, Ceremony, Manjushri	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 30 1980 A and B New York City
Ngon Dro Nyam Len, Serial 00053 Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Peace, Chanting, Hindrances, Non-duality,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 16 1980 Session 3
Ngon Dro: Vajrasattva, Serial 00055 Precepts, Mindfulness, Balance, Patience, Hindrances, Intention, Non-duality,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 15 1980
Ngon Dro: Vajrasattva, copy, Serial 00056 Japan, Intention, Passions, Evil, Precepts, Breath, Hindrances, Commitment, Non-...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 15 1980
February 28th, 1979, Serial No. 00108 Hindrances, Posture, Balance, Teacher-and-Student, realization, Samadhi, Oneness,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
August 24th, 1977, Serial No. 00092 Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Hindrances, Compassion, Continuous, training, Buddha...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 24 1977
Seminar Intuition, Subject-and-Object, Nirvana, Hindrances, Interview, Lay	Chang Chung Yuan	May 25 1975 SFZC
February 24th, 1974, Serial No. 00265 Bell, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Perfect Wisdom, Compassion	Richard Baker	Feb 24 1974
August 16th, 1973, Serial No. 00141 Buddha Nature, Greed, Love, Daily Life, Hindrances	Richard Baker	Aug 16 1973
June 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00132 Big Mind, Hindrances, Pain, heart, Rinzai	Richard Baker	Jun 12 1973
Discussions Attachment, Balance, Concentration, resistance, Hindrances, Obstacles, Right Effort,...	Dyrvamsa	May 20 1973 Tassajara
Consciousness - Second and Third Types Hindrances, Concentration, Mindfulness, Karma, Equanimity, training, Oneness, Sangha...	Dyrvamsa	May 18 1973 Tassajara
Discussions Concentration, Happiness, Obstacles, Judgement, Equanimity, Hindrances, resistance,...	Dyrvamsa	May 17 1973 Tassajara
December 7th, 1972, Serial No. 00073 Hindrances, Monkey Mind, Bell, Big Mind, heart	Richard Baker	Dec 07 1972
November 23rd, 1972, Serial No. 00496 Shikantaza, Pain, Hindrances, Ego, Priest	Richard Baker	Nov 23 1972
October 21st, 1972, Serial No. 00488 Doubt, Sangha, Love, Samadhi, Hindrances	Richard Baker	Oct 21 1972
August 9th, 1972, Serial No. 00247 Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Delusion, Transmission, Hindrances, Describe,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 09 1972
August 24th, 1971, Serial No. 00053 American, Hindrances, Interdependence, Culture	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 24 1971
August 7th, 1971, Serial No. 00258 Hindrances, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, difficulty, training,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 07 1971
June 1971 talk, Serial No. 00297 Hindrances, Happiness, Suffering, Attachment, Discrimination, Building, Offering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 1971

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