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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. Contemporary Insight Meditation teachers identify the five hindrances as obstacles to mindfulness meditation.

Within the Mahayana tradition, the five hindrances are obstacles to samadhi. They are part of the two types of obstructions (Sanskrit: āvaraṇa), i.e. the obstacles to Buddhahood. The two types of obstructions are afflictive obstructions (Sanskrit: kleśāvaraṇa, which include the standard five hindrances) and cognitive obstructions (jñeyāvaraṇa, which can only be removed by bodhisattvas).

The classic list of five hindrances is:

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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Joshu's 4 Gates and Joshu's Bridge

Serial: BZ-02337

Rohatsu

Joshu, BCR-9, BCR-52, Ego, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Fundraising, Culture,...
Dec 01 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Vow

Serial: BZ-02326

Part 3 of 4

Repentance, Vow, Karma, Doubt, Confession-and-Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Hindrances...
Sep 01 2013
3

Dogens Vow

Serial: BZ-02327

Part 4 of 4

Repentance, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Transmission, Mindfulness, Karma,...
Sep 01 2013
4

Flexibility

Serial: BZ-02315

Working with Pain, Sesshin

Discrimination, Pain, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Conversation, Bodhidharma, Enemies...
Jun 21 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom 

The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom
Tenshin Reb Anderson

March 2, 2013 AM
No Abode

Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Greed
Mar 02 2013
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Six Qualities from the Abhidhamma

Serial: BZ-02289

Tranquility, Agility, Pliancy, Workableness, Proficiency, Saturday Lecture

No-Self, Abhidharma, Zazen, Daily Life, Composure, Nirvana, Hindrances, Attachment,...
Feb 02 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness and Mindlessness

Mindfulness, Hindrances, Patience, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Posture, Hate,...
Jan 19 2013

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-02235

The Backward Step, One-Day Sitting

Samadhi, Non-thinking, Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Intuition, Lineage...
Mar 17 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Nishiari Commentary on Genjo Koan

Serial: BZ-02233

Three Commentaries on Genjo Koan, new book,

Meaning of term Koan

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Nishiari Bokusan, Kosho Uchiyama, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-Death,...
Mar 03 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing Hindrance for Enlightened Dialogue

Serial: RB-01688F

Seminar

Time, Practice, Hindrances
2012
Kassel

The Cosmic Frog

Hindrances, Big Mind, Discrimination, confusion, Duality, Posture, Buddha Nature, Non...
Dec 08 2011

December 8th, 2011, Serial No. 03912

Intention, Hindrances, Nirvana
Dec 08 2011

Being Time

Beginners, Ordination, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Priest, Funeral, Gratitude,...
Dec 05 2011

The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom 

Monkey Mind, Practice Period, Hindrances, difficulty, Bodhisattva Way
Dec 01 2011
The Yoga Room

Anything Is Possible

Repentance, Buddha Nature, Anger, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Ordinary Mind,...
Aug 13 2011

Zazenshin Lojong and Real Life

Practice Period, Instruction, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-Student, Hindrances, Evil,...
Jun 04 2011

Direct Experience of Reality

Serial: BZ-02146

Suzuki Roshi, Rohatsu Day 4

Idealistic and Realistic Zen

 

First Principle, Bell, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Repentance, Sangha,...
Dec 08 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Receiving With Gratitude

Practice Period, Intimacy, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Nov 20 2010

Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Hindrances, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Four Foundations of...
Nov 04 2010

Vitakkarasanthana Sutra

Happiness, Instruction, Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Concentration, Buddha Nature,...
Oct 16 2010

The Painting of a Rice Cake

Hindrances, Composure, Intuition, Oneness, Liberation, Silence, Posture, Priest...
Sep 05 2010

Continuous Compassion for Karmic Consciousness 

Karmic Consciousness, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Hindrances
Feb 06 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

You Have Just Enough Problems

Serial: BZ-02066

from 'Not Always So', Saturday Lecture

Intuition, Pure Existence, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination, Beginners,...
Nov 28 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

The Misunderstandings of Many Lifetimes

Serial: TL-00199

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Hindrances, Hongzhi, Posture, Abhidharma, Intimacy
Nov 22 2009
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

The World Is What You Make It

Two Truths, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Hindrances, Absolute-...
Sep 19 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

The Landscape of the Self

Attachment, Non-attachment, Ego, Anger, Hate, Composure, Patience, Bowing, Hindrances...
Aug 29 2009

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Priest, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...
Aug 08 2009

Five Hindrances - Especially Restlessness

Concentration, Hindrances, Forgiveness, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Avalokiteshvara...
Apr 11 2009

Shikantaza - Basic Zen Practice

Serial: BZ-02017

Saturday Lecture

Shikantaza, Continuous Practice, Pure Existence, Composure, Teacher-and-Student,...
Feb 28 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Shikantaza Basic Zen Practice: Serial No. 01094

Continuous Practice, Pure Existence, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Hindrances, Happiness...
Feb 28 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Letting Go

Serial: BZ-02011

Saturday Lecture

Big Mind, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...
Jan 10 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem in Section on Praiana

Serial: BZ-01083B

Rohatus, Day 7, second tape

Attachment, Karma, Ego, Big Mind, Non-attachment, Hindrances, Continuous Practice,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem in Section on Prayana

Serial: BZ-01452

Rohatsu, Day 7, side A

Darkness-and-Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...
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,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01079

Serial: BZ-01079

Rohatsu Day 3, side B

Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Instruction, Liberation,...
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, Instruction, Liberation, Evil, Big...
Dec 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,...
Aug 31 2008
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen Instruction for Zazen Teachers: How to Give Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-01088

Lecture

Posture, Beginners, Hindrances, Observe, Concentration, Instruction, Samsara, Bowing...
Aug 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #80

Serial: BZ-01140

Joshu's the New-born Babe Part I, Sesshin Day 2

Joshu, BCR-80, Emotions, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Ego, Attachment...
Jun 19 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Shuso Talk: Way Seeking Mind Part II

Serial: BZ-01132

First Friday talk

Karma, Forgiveness, Interview, Hindrances, Family Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Anger...
May 16 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen: Enlightenment and Delusion

Serial: BZ-01121

Saturday Lecture

Silent Illumination, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Teacher-and-Student, Non-...
Mar 22 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

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 Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...
Feb 02 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Fear

Serial: BZ-01107

Saturday Lecture

Emotions, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Liberation,...
Jan 05 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Kindness, Difficulty, and Illumination

Serial: BZ-01102B

Rohatsu Day 4

Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Hindrances, Evil, Nirvana, Hate, Building, War...
Dec 05 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...
Dec 04 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold Path

Serial: BZ-01003

Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra, Hindrances,...
Oct 13 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Intelligence of the Natural World

Serial: SF-00941

Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma, Sesshin, Prajna Paramita, Silence, Buddha Ancestors, Composure, Buddha...
Apr 07 2007
Green Gulch Farm

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.

Baizhang, Global Warming, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Delusion, Practice Period, Dragons...
Mar 18 2007
Green Gulch Farm

March 10th, 2007, Serial No. 03414

Hindrances, Discrimination
Mar 10 2007

Relationship, the Radical Practice of the Bodhisattva : The Bodhisattva Vows and Life in Montana

Serial: BZ-01424

Saturday Lecture

Vow, Buddha Nature, Ego, Attachment, Happiness, Skandas, Liberation, Hindrances...
Mar 10 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

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