• Numbered Discourses 5.52 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.52
  • 6. Hindrances 6. NÄ«varaṇavagga

A Heap of the Unskillful Akusalarāsisutta

ā€œMendicants, rightly speaking, you’d call the five hindrances a ā€˜heap of the unskillful’. ā€œAkusalarāsÄ«ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno paƱca nÄ«varaṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya. For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful. Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ paƱca nÄ«varaṇā. What five? Katame paƱca? The hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt. KāmacchandanÄ«varaṇaṁ, byāpādanÄ«varaṇaṁ, thinamiddhanÄ«varaṇaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccanÄ«varaṇaṁ, vicikicchānÄ«varaṇaṁ. Rightly speaking, you’d call these five hindrances a ā€˜heap of the unskillful’. AkusalarāsÄ«ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime paƱca nÄ«varaṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya. For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.ā€ Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ paƱca nÄ«varaį¹‡Äā€ti.

Dutiyaṁ.