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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
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
Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00065A Rohatsu Day 7 Enlightenment, Ordinary Mind, Discrimination, Daily Life, Instruction, Thoroughness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
October 18th, 2001, Serial No. 00474, Side A Heart Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Chanting, Hindrances, Aspects of...		Oct 18 2001
September 2nd, 2001, Serial No. 00089, Side A Concentration, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Zazen Mind, Right Effort, Bodhisattva...		Sep 02 2001
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
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
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
September 18th, 1999, Serial No. 00195, Side B Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...		Sep 18 1999
August 5th, 1999, Serial No. 00921 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Samsara, Liberation,...		Aug 05 1999
July 8th, 1999, Serial No. 00925 Heart Sutra, Six Realms, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Mindfulness...		Jul 08 1999
May 1st, 1999, Serial No. 00074, Side A Culture, Hindrances, Berkeley Zen Center, American, Doubt, training, Mindfulness,...		May 01 1999
Master Hongzi's Practice Instruction Serial: BZ-00073A One-Day Sitting Hongzhi, Practice, Attachment, Darkness and Light, Silent Illumination, Light-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 18 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Guidelines For Studying The Way (Pt.2) Serial: BZ-00188A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, New Year, Beginners, resistance, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Shodoka:Song of Enlightenment (Pt.1) Serial: BZ-00436B Sesshin Day 1 Shodoka, Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Karma, Equanimity, Subject-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Cultivating Good Habits Foundation of Sitting Serial: BZ-00356A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Posture, Discrimination, Hindrances, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 15 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
1998.06.14-serial.00133 Big Mind, Describe, Don't Know Mind, Monkey Mind, Hindrances	Edward Brown	Jun 14 1998
Eight Awarenesses: Desires & Satisfaction Serial: BZ-00323B Saturday Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Desire, Satisfaction, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Greed, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 10 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
August 9th, 1997, Serial No. 00319, Side A Mindfulness, Peace, Hindrances, Happiness, Forgiveness, Patience, Chanting,...		Aug 09 1997
July 31st, 1997, Serial No. 00841 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,...		Jul 31 1997
April 19th, 1997, Serial No. 00362, Side A Concentration, Hindrances, Practice Period, Doubt, Greed, Commitment, Samadhi, Lay...		Apr 19 1997
1997.03.15-serial.00101 Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,...	Steve Weintraub	Mar 15 1997
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00784B Rohatsu Day 2 Dragons, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Hindrances, Lineage, Separation, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-00784A Rohatsu Day 1 Fukanzazengi, Obstacles, Posture, Manjushri, Don't Know Mind, Rinzai, soto,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #41 Serial: BZ-00790B Ashes in the Students' Eyes., Saturday Lecture BCR-41, Ego, true dharma, Monastic Practice, Priest, Buddha Nature, Lay, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
August 29th, 1996, Serial No. 00436, Side A Ego, Posture, Hindrances, Instruction, Sangha, Aspects of Practice, Enthusiasm,...		Aug 29 1996
August 17th, 1996, Serial No. 00795, Side B Posture, Doubt, Hindrances, uchiyama, Obstacles, Anger, Mahayana, Culture,...		Aug 17 1996
Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00795A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Doubt, Hindrances, true dharma, Anger, Emotions, Daily Life, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 10 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Boundless Abodes Serial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Hui Neng's Instruction on Dhyana and Imperturbability Serial: BZ-00800A Rohatsu Day 4 Hui Neng, Dhyana, Imperturbability, Big Mind, Dream World, Discrimination, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
June 13th, 1996, Serial No. 00253 Heart Sutra, Attachment, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Lay...		Jun 13 1996
May 18th, 1996, Serial No. 00803, Side A Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, soto, Lineage, Birth-and-Death, Offering, Rinzai...		May 18 1996
Ordination & Precepts Serial: BZ-00805A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Evil, Fifth Precept,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 27 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
March 30th, 1996, Serial No. 00809, Side B Doubt, Hindrances, Attachment, Separation, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Rinzai, Anger...		Mar 30 1996
Hongzhi's Practice Instructions Serial: BZ-00810B Emptying Out, Transfer Merit, Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Practice, Merit, Silent Illumination, Echo, Instruction, Book of Serenity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
This Very Mind Is Buddha - Understanding Birth And Death Serial: SF-00042 Sunday talk. Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Repentance, Letting Go, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 26 1995
Bowing, Sleepiness and Restlessness Serial: SF-00152 Wednesday dharma talk. Chanting, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Posture, Ceremony, Zendo, Hindrances, Vows, Suzuki...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 04 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Blue Cliff Record: Case #11 Cont. Serial: BZ-00823B Saturday Lecture BCR-11, Teacher-and-Student, Obstacles, Offering, Dragons, Dogen, Emotions, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 09 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Five Points Serial: BZ-00827B Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, Instruction, Thoroughness, Hindrances, Absolute-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 12 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00828B Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Thoroughness, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, Conversation, training,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 29 1995 Berkeley Zen Center

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