{"id":"an5.51","title":"Obstacles","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.51","title":"Obstacles","units":[{"id":"an5.51:0","sourceIds":["an5.51:0.1","an5.51:0.2","an5.51:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.51\n6. Nīvaraṇavagga\nĀvaraṇasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.51\n6. Hindrances\nObstacles"}},{"id":"an5.51:1","sourceIds":["an5.51:1.1","an5.51:1.2","an5.51:1.3","an5.51:1.4","an5.51:1.5","an5.51:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"an5.51:2","sourceIds":["an5.51:2.1","an5.51:2.2","an5.51:2.3","an5.51:2.4","an5.51:2.5","an5.51:2.6","an5.51:2.7","an5.51:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, āvaraṇā nīvaraṇā cetaso ajjhāruhā paññāya dubbalīkaraṇā.\nKatame pañca?\nKāmacchando, bhikkhave, āvaraṇo nīvaraṇo cetaso ajjhāruho paññāya dubbalīkaraṇo.\nByāpādo, bhikkhave, āvaraṇo nīvaraṇo cetaso ajjhāruho paññāya dubbalīkaraṇo.\nThinamiddhaṁ, bhikkhave, āvaraṇaṁ nīvaraṇaṁ cetaso ajjhāruhaṁ paññāya dubbalīkaraṇaṁ.\nUddhaccakukkuccaṁ, bhikkhave, āvaraṇaṁ nīvaraṇaṁ cetaso ajjhāruhaṁ paññāya dubbalīkaraṇaṁ.\nVicikicchā, bhikkhave, āvaraṇā nīvaraṇā cetaso ajjhāruhā paññāya dubbalīkaraṇā.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca āvaraṇā nīvaraṇā cetaso ajjhāruhā paññāya dubbalīkaraṇā.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom.\nWhat five?\nSensual desire …\nIll will …\nDullness and drowsiness …\nRestlessness and remorse …\nDoubt …\nThese are the five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom."}},{"id":"an5.51:3","sourceIds":["an5.51:3.1","an5.51:3.2","an5.51:3.3","an5.51:3.4","an5.51:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ime pañca āvaraṇe nīvaraṇe cetaso ajjhāruhe paññāya dubbalīkaraṇe appahāya, abalāya paññāya dubbalāya attatthaṁ vā ñassati paratthaṁ vā ñassati ubhayatthaṁ vā ñassati uttari vā manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikarissatīti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, nadī pabbateyyā dūraṅgamā sīghasotā hārahārinī.\nTassā puriso ubhato naṅgalamukhāni vivareyya.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, majjhe nadiyā soto vikkhitto visaṭo byādiṇṇo neva dūraṅgamo assa na sīghasoto na hārahārī.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, so vata bhikkhu ime pañca āvaraṇe nīvaraṇe cetaso ajjhāruhe paññāya dubbalīkaraṇe appahāya, abalāya paññāya dubbalāya attatthaṁ vā ñassati paratthaṁ vā ñassati ubhayatthaṁ vā ñassati uttari vā manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikarissatīti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.","en":"Take a mendicant who has feeble and weak wisdom, not having given up these five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom. It is quite impossible that they would know what’s for their own good, the good of another, or the good of both; or that they would realize any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.\nSuppose there was a mountain river that flowed swiftly, going far, carrying all before it.\nBut then a man would open channels on both sides,\nso the mid-river current would be dispersed, displaced, and separated. The river would no longer flow swiftly, going far, carrying all before it.\nIn the same way, take a mendicant who has feeble and weak wisdom, not having given up these five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom. It is not possible that they would know what’s for their own good, the good of another, or the good of both; or that they would realize any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones."}},{"id":"an5.51:4","sourceIds":["an5.51:4.1","an5.51:4.2","an5.51:4.3","an5.51:4.4","an5.51:4.5","an5.51:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ime pañca āvaraṇe nīvaraṇe cetaso ajjhāruhe paññāya dubbalīkaraṇe pahāya, balavatiyā paññāya attatthaṁ vā ñassati paratthaṁ vā ñassati ubhayatthaṁ vā ñassati uttari vā manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikarissatīti ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, nadī pabbateyyā dūraṅgamā sīghasotā hārahārinī.\nTassā puriso ubhato naṅgalamukhāni pidaheyya.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, majjhe nadiyā soto avikkhitto avisaṭo abyādiṇṇo dūraṅgamo ceva assa sīghasoto ca hārahārī ca.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, so vata bhikkhu ime pañca āvaraṇe nīvaraṇe cetaso ajjhāruhe paññāya dubbalīkaraṇe pahāya, balavatiyā paññāya attatthaṁ vā ñassati paratthaṁ vā ñassati ubhayatthaṁ vā ñassati uttari vā manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikarissatīti ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"Take a mendicant who has powerful wisdom, having given up these five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom. It’s quite possible that they would know what’s for their own good, the good of another, or the good of both; or that they would realize any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.\nSuppose there was a mountain river that flowed swiftly, going far, carrying all before it.\nBut then a man would close up the channels on both sides,\nso the mid-river current would not be dispersed, displaced, and separated. The river would keep flowing swiftly for a long way, carrying all before it.\nIn the same way, take a mendicant who has powerful wisdom, having given up these five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom. It’s quite possible that they would know what’s for their own good, the good of another, or the good of both; or that they would realize any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.51/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}