Tevijjasutta 1.30
Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.30
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1.30
‘And in the same way, Vāseṭṭha, there are these Five Hindrances, in the Discipline of, the Arahats, which are called “veils,” and are called “hindrances,” and are called “obstacles,” and are called “entanglements”.’
‘Which are the five?’
‘The hindrance of worldly lusts, The hindrance of ill will, The hindrance of torpor and sloth of heart and mind. The hindrance of flurry and worry, The hindrance of suspense.
‘These are the Five Hindrances, Vāseṭṭha, which, in the Discipline of the Arahats, are called veils, and are called hindrances, and are called obstacles and are called entanglements.’
‘Now with these Five Hindrances, Vāseṭṭha, the Brahmans versed in the Three Vedas are veiled, hindered, obstructed, and entangled.
‘And verily, Vāseṭṭha, that Brahmans versed in the Three Vedas, but omitting the practice of those qualities which really make a man a Brahman, and adopting the practice of those qualities which really make men non-Brahmans—veiled, hindered, obstructed, and entangled by these Five Hindrances—that these Brahmans should after death, on the dissolution of the body, become united to Brahmā—such a condition of things can in no wise be!’