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A Heap of the Unskillful

Akusalarāsisutta

The five hindrances are entirely unwholesome.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.52Numbered Discourses 5.52
  • 0.26. Nīvaraṇavagga6. Hindrances

0.3AkusalarāsisuttaA Heap of the Unskillful

1.1PTS 3.65“Akusalarāsīti, bhikkhave, vadamāno pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.“Mendicants, rightly speaking, you’d call the five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.1.2Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ pañca nīvaraṇā.For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.1.3Katame pañca?What five?1.4Kāmacchandanīvaraṇaṁ, byāpādanīvaraṇaṁ, thinamiddhanīvaraṇaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇaṁ, vicikicchānīvaraṇaṁ.The hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.1.5Akusalarāsīti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.Rightly speaking, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.1.6Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ pañca nīvaraṇā”ti.For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.”

1.7Dutiyaṁ.