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sn.45.177 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Hindrances

“Bhikkhus, there are these five hindrances. What five? The hindrance of sensual desire, the hindrance of ill will, the hindrance of sloth and torpor, the hindrance of restlessness and remorse, the hindrance of doubt. These are the five hindrances. This Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed for direct knowledge of these five hindrances, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh