Five Hindrances

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not natural by anything this morning
wouldn't talk about hindrances
some reason that's what came to my mind and
ah
so i'm going to talk about the stereotype
in traditional buddhism which is
countdown five hindrances as most of you notify the mutants you may have never them but someone you know them
these are
traditionally
five hindrances
which
a block or finder which
to either meditation on to practice
are many more instances where we are
five represents on even though they're they may or may not be included in the fire
ha
so sometimes we can take your we can think of the in the earth entrances or as opportunities
you know difficulties that we had in her life if
they are included as a practice is that the same as
if they're not included in practice if we see something outside of our practice
there we have a problem
it's different than the problem within our practice
anyway
he's a by god damn
sensual desire
yeah will
us into a toy
restlessness and remorse
skeptical data
and
which can can also be
scruples script it's an interesting word you tracked by be scrupulous
being perfection this this and it does have a climb that scruples
need to be attached to some kind of
ah
rule that you think is necessary even wants a hindrance
so
this five i
natural to us the problem of their lives what makes is problematic because they that actually natural to us every one of these
set without sexual desire you're not be here none of us with beer
so what's the problem essential design
so this comes up for people that the time now
it comes up for everyone friends
at various times in their lives
a sensual desire is what keeps the wheel journey basically there are three
categories which i then the varies of the wheel of samsara
yeah the center of the hut
get out there is a keeper we're going to as they fit
green which is associated with sexual desire
yeah well
and television
hmm
so great i mean a sensual designer is associated with green
so
desire
desired is like fire
so
with the fire is out of control have guns everything up
so yeah very careful about this particular as the deadline
existence
so it's not that there's something wrong with sexual desire
something that
will become addicted
you know my feeling is that when were we
food is very young person we become
addicted to get pleasure from the influences of as for the rest of my life in the very hard to control
so
but it's also because this is such a vital aspect of my life some people have you know have no particular
problem
but because it's such a vital aspect of our life is fire we have to learn how to keep
the flame down so that it actually works for us instead of against us
so that's how practice how do we practiced with this aspect of life which is so
powerful
and influences us in our relationships
who
so problem is that something so powerful take hold of us and becomes a binder
the pleasures in other competitors
this is the problem with
pleasure and in the buddha dharma not to be attached pleasures is very important master and let pleasure is bad run frankish and joyful
it's attachments that bind us that is the problem so all of the aspects of natural but that each one of them has to be
a forest our freedom rather than bind us
so ill will
anger always comes up
if you don't have you if you if you don't
experience anger
ah
at least once a day and crazy man
yes so how to
natalie control by a because anyone elsa becomes an addiction
anger is a very top addiction and head as the same power as sexual
heat
so
one of our precepts you know don't harbor ill will
hungary is the problem so how do we deal with iran when when it comes up
because it comes out all the time even though we're not necessarily conscious effort to them in as a subconscious mind it's brewing on time
we have different people have different dispositions there's the green time in the anger type and there's a decision or tap
and in the cetera
there is a description of the three tax
the green time is very well the phone with greek tag is very delicate make let's make sure everything is just right
yeah i'm i'm very scrupulous
the for day
ah the advertise
i'm only eastern powerful fruits
the delusional tactics all their food dishes that help protect and serve
this kind of anti discrimination been indicted a good way
the
so
i am peter intelligent people people can cerebrally
a condition
tend to be your text
sandringham you can drive
so and your tank needs a little water
to be controlled by compassion
who
so yeah well is and to nature
so how can we be
how can we control that control you know i
force but
how do we remain free from being caught by our header

well
the garage in uses today i get angry muslim as just get every
and your comes up
but i've used the anger rather than they used by it
problem is that it will be around used by anchor
we let to control us it's
really controls us and takes up all the space in my mind
some probably have it is
how can we frame or mine
send that we have space there
actually trillion we talk about freedom of us now free country i don't every new freedom or death
what do you want to trigger
we talk about a lot but actually isn't maybe he wants
i don't think so
you know why because freedom is boring
when you said it doesn't
get perfect freedom
hence of boring
there's nothing you have to do is nothing control you
but if boy
it's only boring because we want something
we want something interesting for lines of always flying some interesting
and so are these sexual manner
here will anger is a great you know
interesting thing because it us a lot of power it's an outlet for our power
if you can't find the outlet for your power in
indiscriminate in loving her yes you find it in anger
just depends on which channel eleven news
so this is allowing here
can we become a vehicle for anger
each one of us is actually a vehicle way i like and yeah and radio station
the way it come in and get digested and then something is transmitted so we like translators for transmitters of
all kinds of
waves
we make waves
and that's waves
kenny either merger of of time to destroy
both ourselves and others
if he realized that the are transmitters and that
you don't need so much for herself
then we have some freedom actually
the great freedom is to be able to receive and transmit
goodness
donna
and the hindrances keep us
can squeeze them
take up all that space there
can be used for translating good time
so sloth and torpor the is the com laziness and me
so i you know that
this a reason for slots and tucker
i'm lazy why can't i get up why can't give up my god i getting in enough
and then you don't just sitting there but motivation is missing
so how do we
that naturally automation that what motivates us if we don't have motivation began to fall into bad habits
the dope well catered still are
lack of interest
like of interesting site the
what like you
and i don't know that's going to give up a i didn't always not going to do what i'm doing that tell you that but i always knew i have something that i wanted to do
and when i think kids today
she went when he wanted everybody would find be with you go viral
and i don't know is like there's something missing
there's some motivating force that something where we have a motivating force can we don't fall into sloth and torpor because we have something that leads us
that was led by something that has to be a vision of something
so if you assigned for people the perhaps and we all find it's life and to ever from time to time
now haven't been passed this natural but
something to teaches morning
no monastic practice schedule to say smoking doesn't matter how much you know
the would make a sore throat whatever that this the schedule keeps us moving and then you find our path and you will find out we can find our on
motivation well it's listen this is the
value value your practice when we have a practice that is continuous and
even though initially initially of an impasse or a are a total the movement of the and the cycle of practice
keeps us going until we find everything here
so this is important to practice this is
dhaka the circle of way
serco the way is a continuous practice and the continuous practice
just going whether we have no matter what kind of problem we have
it can be dealt with in practice tests the value of practice my medical practice everyday happens
but then when you have confidence that so that it continues to repaint your
continuous practice
so
i'm seeing a have an over and over again
the opposite of sloth and torpor on his restlessness can be more
if you actually lessen statuary everything is continuously motive
just sit someplace in watch the is moving
it just does
so this is the mentioned his limit but at the same time to be able to settle within the movement
so that
you're not driven by the moment
people are driven by moving
and our society is more and more driven
in our technical society
the more conveniences we have a mobile given
hey
the simpler life is the less driven
the my complex i live with the moisture because that which we combine into also has us
this piece of paper has the
i said oh am i got this good favorite my hand and was treated paper can we what to do in my hand
and yes
okay the cloth that
he tells me what to do everything that we can from tells us what to do is teaching us something and including us so the blow we can done the mom driven by that which we think we have of rejection is has us
so how restlessness how can we ever settle
well of course our practice we obsess
last night we were studying good taste one finger then
every time someone as could take a question you go
yeah let's say given everything was included in this act
the whole universe
is it in this land gesture
hmm
so
restlessness every moment no remorse is a
really nice refresher
because we don't know what to do with it i do i didn't this terrible thing and now i'm condemned to eat rest
and by any means but is that such a of forgiveness and something com

making amends
so
we can actually reach take our shop i get by forgiveness get is most important trait
because it in like can be regained
and we can come back to zero it can actually settled
but until you the until we actually
had the practice forgiveness
when i sat on others
we tend to me kiss me can't send them
but it's really funny
i
i sent to the country with a know
the dresses problems
and is courage you've got him
forgive others and to give yourself
and are a little ceremony that you can do that we're happy that
i highly recommend it because the salaries for that
that's how they have sent them back
redemption festival
i'm so remorse no it's not curable
but it buys us so these are our bankers and keep us unless we are in control unless we can give yourself up
we remain
catching by on the washington my mind
so professional and is grown skeptical doubt
doubt is important without doubt
you don't have a checking away your check yourself
so am i doing is this right this the show either
doubt is your point but skepticism civic skepticism skeptical that means you're standing outside employee
so
escape it needs to have proof
tesco we should have proved buddha says chevy engine don't take my word for it
when you if you look at initial stay internet and find your own by you should have proof that should be proven to you that this is the right way
some people studying buddhism
and have always skeptical
they want to do it or the camp
i'm working but i can't because i'm skeptical
lot of people who practice
but you should practice makes me doubt yes he shouldn't let the devil to impossible
when you let the be an obstacle that skepticism
so get bring you have to have a
practice
know he kept wracking because faith is the opposite
faith is what
give you the buoyancy
and then countenance to practice
a down is helpful because it bounces faith
so
a healthy down is important
mean come on practice sometimes they talking about the great doubt
but events into a different kind of doubt that's not taking anything for granted
that can adapt this important matter unique and at face value of for that
but i like to think it is like an airplane the engine and the way that our faith and keeps everything going forward
and that is tail and the controls
the direction and it's a with on the telephone number for that movie
some thought necessary

some scruples is it is an aspect of skepticism repec that
and it's like i'm bound by these ideas i have
let's go
greystone ideas and ah because i'm pam by those ideas i can't know for
many people like that
and sometimes we all have scruples like that they're kind of maybe you call it

i'm a lesson in church go
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that's an ideology
dogma yeah have my flat simple
what is perverse
so i'm
i've added some to this to these five
but first i want to say that the day
the hindrances or a shift of focus
the biggest problem is they shift our focus from freedom to bind you
freedom is not to ban anything

but it doesn't mean that there are no rules
freedom is the only ever freedom and we have rules
you tend to think that freedom is to do what you want to get but whenever you want to do it and that kind of scare for pupils so we have rules which keeps humanity in
so
as you see where because people go the other roles were destroying yourself
but that's a problem is display with them then
so
blame
you may me do it
this sheer fought for finding and play it really paper a big it because it
that doesn't allow us to take responsibility
or how things happen
we take it your fault or therefore
they're wrong
which is not untrue
but that's not the but that's not the essence yes insist
but i mean when about when i restart my reactions and my response
so
this is the basis of conflict it's your fault
so the sixth patriarch presents effort like this wonderful poem and platinum subject where he says paul is the basis of division

the happened that's the hardest thing one of the hardest things to control its for funding because it's always somebody justice
so yes it is
but my response is what's important
comes from really out there is always succumbing to be so cold outside
and it's my responsibility to deal of that
in a way that's not the delusional
i was rough this thing he came to me it's really didn't know
says it's like we went to a pardon
and each one of us was handed and present
locked up we don't know what it is
and when we opened it we read the instructions
and each one that was had to figure out
a puzzle that was inside
so let's com
a lush
rihanna this package we don't know what it's gonna be reopened up and it's if you are in this place with these people under these conditions affect and what do can do that
you have to put up and you have to fit your case without the other pieces in this party
how do you fit where they can make your peace fifth valuable pieces in this body to make the puzzle into
hum something satisfied
completely satisfied
but unsatisfactory things i pointed the puzzle
so how do you done how do you keep yourself from being a victim
calfskin
do you keep yourself from being a victim you get it to me you said this year i'm a victim of you watch the
so i'm not taking responsibility for yourself
so our wisdom is built on
dealing with all this stuff and how to be freed my visit
how to find our freedom within all the stuff
that we think is active
huh so then we have attachment to excuses
i i'm sorry i was late today
new tomorrow i'm sorry i was late today and then the next the answer we get is an attachment to doing so they over and over again and being excused i think well if i say she used me that museum excuse so i can just keep doing it
dodian has this
emma would say justice
and net
fast ago he says when you fall to the ground you use the ground to help him back up
have you found in the ground
we stumble on sending any form of a new project and the ground have can just stand up
instead of kicking round blaming him for for making far
used to understand
the usual and aggrieved
but if you keep falling into the ground saying it's okay
less just making excuses
news attachment to serenity and tranquility
doesn't have all you want
now yes now
when we say thousand
they were now i should have peace of mind
but what you have a piece of your mind
no
thank you know she says then
and
if you think that when you since zazen
that you'll have tranquility and serenity
can you have a problem because everything else becomes your problem
everybody else is hinder you from having some editing your over
so you can't stand having anything
you can be completed by own stuff they can hinder your mind
we get that complaining and just accept it and everything as it is which is emo
did you have tranquility cemented
you just have to stop complaining
i'm complaining and for they found
complaining is necessary
baby soon as he comes out of the world leaders
the complaint
it's not really to blame
he does the blame she knows he can
and can to complaining about on the line
yeah
but
i'm
to actually have a peaceful mind this
not from play
everything know there's a story and mr vince i that i control the world
he said it you mean you can drop world
it says everything insisted that the way i wanted to be
i'm focusing on that's an exaggeration
the action if you think about it is now
it's just that so far from or can play like that can think it's possible

he is and there's nothing to to complain about cow
if you realize there's nothing to complain about our in doesn't you'll have a principal nine
that's the secret obsession
that is nothing but the truth of my life
thirty maybe some of those in the second
hindrances a hidden fees are also opportunities
if we realize that hindrances or opportunities dense called practice
and then when you realize that in practice they can be joyful
what enjoy it home where you live
instead of dividing the world into good and bad and let it run
which is always be problem
this together
this is that is bad
the and master