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
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, Three Treasures, Repentance, Offering, Duality, Karma, Hindrances, Teacher-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 21 1990 Green Gulch Farm
Practicing without Expectation/Generosity Serial: SF-03935 Sunday Lecture Cultivation, Happiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi,...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 19 1990 Green Gulch
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
Blue Cliff Record: Case #1 Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Posture, Offering, Avalokiteshvara, Repentance,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 11 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
October 27th, 1989, Serial No. 01055 true dharma, Emptiness, Oneness, Buddha Nature, Separation, Vow, Karma, Suzuki Roshi...	Katherine Thanas	Oct 27 1989 Unknown
Dzögchen Teachings Serial: SF-02717 Commercially produced cassette Gratitude, Nirvana, Peace, Offering, Religion, realization, Mandala, Non-violence,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 09 1989 San Jose
June 10th, 1989, Serial No. 00375, Side A resistance, Posture, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Continuous Practice,...		Jun 10 1989
1989.05.07-serial.00049 Serial: SF-00049 Sunday lecture Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Emptiness, Observe, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Vow, Zendo,...	Lou Hartman	May 07 1989 Green Gulch Farm
1989.05.06-serial.00149 Subject-and-Object, Hindrances, Emptiness, Hate, Nirvana, Gratitude, Offering,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 06 1989
Six Factors of Consciousness Serial: BZ-00371B Sesshin Day 2 Consciousness, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Hindrances, Posture, Anger, Ego, Daily Life, Hate...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort During Sesshin Serial: BZ-00326 Sesshin Day 5 Effort, Sesshin, Equanimity, Concentration, Repentance, Big Mind, resistance,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 22 1989
Lion's Roar Emptiness, Hindrances, Ego, Bodhisattva Vow, Peace, Commitment, stubbornness,...	Unknown	Dec 30 1988 SFZC
December 14th, 1988, Serial No. 01471 Serial: BZ-01471 Seventh day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Intimacy, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1988 7 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Zenshinji Serial: BZ-01468 Lecture, sesshin day 1 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 16 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01508 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,...		Nov 16 1988
November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01512 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Instruction, Emotions, Lay,...		Nov 16 1988
Sangha Serial: BZ-00367A Lecture Dependent Origination, Politics, Family Practice, Sangha, Hindrances, Passions,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 24 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
The Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00832A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 06 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
1988.08.02-serial.00062 Concentration, Hindrances, Desire, Oneness, Culture	Edward Brown	Aug 02 1988
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01474 Lecture 3 Duality, Four Noble Truths, Building, Hindrances, Interdependence, Oneness, Chanting...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 30 1988
Zazen Q&A Serial: BZ-01510 Afternoon talk. confusion, War, Hindrances, Discrimination, Concentration, Posture, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1988 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
February 23rd, 1988, Serial No. 01532 Serial: BZ-01532 Fourth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Continuous Practice, Non-duality, Demons, Emotions, Bell, Samadhi, resistance,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 23 1988 4 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
1988.01.10-serial.00060 Hindrances, Desire, Death, Doubt, Passions	Edward Brown	Jan 10 1988
Tightrope Lecture Serial: BZ-00902A Lecture Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Practice Position, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Lay, Fox,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 12 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
December 9th, 1987, Serial No. 00308 Serial: BZ-00308 Rohatsu Day 2 Intuition, Fasting, American, Anger, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1987
Forgiveness Forgiveness, resistance, Mill Valley, Hindrances, Cultivation, Anger, Daily Life,...	Yvonne Rand	Sep 06 1987 Green Gulch
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Flesh/Zen Bones: Dokusan Serial: BZ-00887 Saturday Lecture Dokusan, Instruction, Interview, Daily Life, Beginners, Rinzai, Intuition, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.IV Serial: BZ-01529B Issan and the Cow, Rohatsu Day 4 Tenzo Kyokun, Issan, Daily Life, Dragons, Practice Period, Priest, Bowing, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.I Serial: BZ-01525A Rohatsu Day 1 Tenzo Kyokun, uchiyama, Hindrances, Posture, American, Lay	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva ceremony Serial: BZ-00882A Ceremony Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Practice Period, Karma, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 09 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Basics of Our Practice: Jijuyu Samadhi Serial: BZ-00876B Sesshin Day 1 Jijuyu Zanmai, Emotions, Hindrances, Posture, Bell, Offering, Obstacles, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Zen Spirit? Chanting, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Beginners, Bowing, American, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00875B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Way, Karma, Samsara, Emotions, Attachment, Bowing, Big Mind, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 25 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Sit Sesshin Serial: BZ-00866B Lecture Concentration, Evil, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Passions, Four Noble Truths,...	Maylie Scott	Nov 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Vajrayogini Serial 00096 Monks, Breath, Demons, Bell, Politics, Hindrances, Hate, Peace	Luding Khen Rinpoche	Oct 29 1985
Hevajra Sadhana Serial 00008 Demons, Equanimity, Nirvana, Sangha, Lineage, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-...	Luding Khen Rinpoche	Oct 14 1985 Tape 1
Hevajra Sadhana Serial 00039 Demons, Equanimity, Nirvana, Sangha, Lineage, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-...	Luding Khen Rinpoche	Oct 14 1985 Tape 1
Considering the Hindrances and Seeing the Dharmas Serial: BZ-00884A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Hindrances, Study Period, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 21 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00411B Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Karma and The Hindrances Serial: BZ-00410B Saturday Lecture Karma, Hindrances, Karma, Study Period, Hindrances, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of the Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00413A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Sangha, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 03 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eight Janas and the Origins of Zen Serial: BZ-00429A One-Day Sitting Consciousness, Happiness, Concentration, Pure Existence, Hindrances, zen meditation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen and Shikantaza Serial: BZ-00415B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Shikantaza, zen meditation, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Creating Practice Using the Forms at Hand Serial: BZ-00425A Layman Pang, Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Layman Pang, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Gospel of John and the Christian Wisdom Tradition Serial: NC-00555 Retreat on the Gospel of John OSB Cam, Intimacy, Intention, Hindrances, Pain, Continuous Practice	Bruno Barnhart	Dec 10 1984 1 of 5 Utah
Difficulties in Daily Life Practice Serial: BZ-00390B Saturday Lecture Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center

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