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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
Heart Sutra Pt. 3 Serial: BZ-00746B Lecture Hindrances, Discrimination, Evil	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 13 1995
May 8th, 1995, Serial No. 00976, Side A Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara, Conversation...		May 08 1995
April 29th, 1995, Serial No. 00973, Side B Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Peace, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Subject-...		Apr 29 1995
January 15th, 1995, Serial No. 00947, Side B Four Noble Truths, Patience, Karma, Impermanence, Doubt, Sangha, Fundraising,...		Jan 15 1995
Heart Sutra, Last Section Serial: BZ-00949 Rohatsu Day 7 Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
November 13th, 1994, Serial No. 00955, Side B Big Mind, Obstacles, Culture, Peace, Evil, Oneness, Hindrances, confusion, Describe,...		Nov 13 1994
August 14th, 1994, Serial No. 00937, Side A Hindrances, Anger, Doubt, Emotions, Aspects of Practice, Bowing, Passions, Describe,...		Aug 14 1994
Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis Serial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 Madyamika, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four Wisdoms Serial: BZ-00965B Three Bodies of Buddha pt. I, Sesshin Day 1 Trikaya, Platform Sutra, Wisdom, Ego, Platform Sutra, Samadhi, Big Mind, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
March 4th, 1994, Serial No. 00557 Evil, Big Mind, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Soto...		Mar 04 1994
January 29th, 1994, Serial No. 00549 Attachment, Samadhi, Precepts, Non-attachment, Don't Know Mind, Discrimination,...		Jan 29 1994
January 22nd, 1994, Serial No. 00981, Side A Karma, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Anger,...		Jan 22 1994
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00652B What is the Way?, Sesshin Day 4 MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Doubt, Aspects of Practice, Humility, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
March 11th, 1993, Serial No. 00263 Four Noble Truths, Culture, Nirvana, Religion, Karma, Enthusiasm, Anger, Hindrances,...		Mar 11 1993
Practicing with Problems and Demons Serial: BZ-01519 Monkey, It's a Wonderful Life, Saturday Lecture Practice, Demons, New Year, Anger, Monkey Mind, Offering, Repentance, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
ial No. 00220 Nirvana, Religion, Daily Life, Happiness, Evil, Liberation, Silence, Interview,...		1993
November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 00643, Side A Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation,...		Nov 14 1992
Hongzhi (Zen Master) Serial: BZ-00642A Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Silent Illumination, Lay, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 31 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
October 15th, 1992, Serial No. 00614 Concentration, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Instruction, Death-and-Dying, zen meditation...		Oct 15 1992
September 24th, 1992, Serial No. 00611 Precepts, Addiction, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Heart Sutra, Right Speech, Hindrances,...		Sep 24 1992
April 4th, 1992, Serial No. 00679, Side A Concentration, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Anger, Patience, Enemies,...		Apr 04 1992
February 6th, 1992, Serial No. 00279 Mindfulness, Half-Smile, Four Foundations, Hindrances, Posture, Zazen Mind,...		Feb 06 1992
Anticipation, Apprehension and Fear Serial: BZ-00731B Rohatsu Day 3 Hindrances, Discrimination, Big Mind, Concentration, Posture, Karma, Ego, Attachment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 15 1991
1991.12.08-serial.00292 Desire, Hindrances, Concentration, Delusion, Greed	Edward Brown	Dec 08 1991
Hui-Neng's Verse to Monk and Laity Serial: BZ-00703A Fault Finding, One-Day Sitting Hui Neng, Sixth Precept, Platform Sutra, Passions, Posture, Hindrances, Lay, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 04 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Why Do We Do Zazen? Serial: BZ-00714B Just Say "Yes!", Sesshin Day 3 Zazen, Offering, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Fox, Doubt, Priest, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
1991.07.24-serial.00104 Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Peace, Instruction, Gratitude	Edward Brown	Jul 24 1991
May 13th, 1991, Serial No. 00726 Hindrances, Addiction, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Anger, Doubt, Lay, Ego,...		May 13 1991
February 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00264 Heart Sutra, Chanting, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Bell...		Feb 28 1991
February 21st, 1991, Serial No. 00265 Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Anger, Passions, Skandas, Four Noble Truths, causation,...		Feb 21 1991
February 14th, 1991, Serial No. 00266 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Hindrances, Don'...		Feb 14 1991
1991.01.06-serial.00086 Hyakujo, Offering, Hindrances, Gratitude, training	Edward Brown	Jan 06 1991
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00698B Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7 Enlightenment, Religion, Peace, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Diversity, Hindrances, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00697B Rohatsu Day 5 Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Separation, Dragons, Hindrances, Religion, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
1990.11.22-serial.00083 Lovingkindness, Thich Nhat Hanh, Passions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances	Edward Brown	Nov 22 1990
1990.11.15-serial.00251B Concentration, Hindrances, Doubt, Desire, Hate	Edward Brown	Nov 15 1990
The Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-00695A One-Day Sitting Eightfold Path, Concentration, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Right...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 11 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
1990.11.08-serial.00082 Concentration, Hindrances, Emptiness, Doubt, Delusion	Edward Brown	Nov 08 1990
November 3rd, 1990, Serial No. 01478 Dragons, Posture, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Karma, Hindrances, confusion,...		Nov 03 1990
October 13th, 1990, Serial No. 00494, Side A Heart Sutra, Chanting, Doubt, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Posture,...		Oct 13 1990
Blue Cliff Record: Case #25 Serial: BZ-00493A Saturday Lecture BCR-25, Birth-and-Death, resistance, Emotions, Daily Life, Priest, Ego, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 23 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Receiving the Precepts Serial: SF-00061 One day sitting Precepts, Triple Treasure, Repentance, Offering, Duality, Karma, Hindrances, Teacher-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 21 1990 Green Gulch Farm
Dogen: Non-Thinking Serial: BZ-00513A Sesshin Day 4 Dogen, Non-thinking, Peace, Subject-and-Object, Duality, Daily Life, Posture, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Vinaya: Rules of Order Serial: BZ-00504 Saturday Lecture Vinaya, Precepts, Zazen Mind, Vinaya, Non-violence, Sangha, Priest, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Nirvana and Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00498A Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana, Hate, Greed, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
December 11th, 1989, Serial No. 00503, Side A Buddha Mind, Posture, Offering, Avalokiteshvara, Repentance, Intimacy, Bodhidharma,...		Dec 11 1989

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