Nine obstacles: 1 definition
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Nine obstacles means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Nine Obstacles are known in Tibetan as: sgrib dgu. They are to be abandoned on the path of meditation:
- coarse-coarse,
- medium-coarse,
- subtle-course,
- coarse-medium,
- medium-medium,
- subtle-medium,
- coarse-subtle,
- medium-subtle, and
- subtle-subtle.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Obstacle.
Full-text: sgrib dgu.
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Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 4.5 - Obstacles on the path of Yoga (citta-viksepa) < [Chapter 2 - Yoga philosophy and practices]
Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) (by Rama Prasada)
Yoga-sutra with Bhashya Vivarana (study) (by Susmi Sabu)
Distractions of Mind (cittaviksepa) < [Chapter 4 - Textual Examination of the Text]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
S奴tra 1.30-32 [Cittavik峁pa鈥擮bstacles on the path of Yoga] < [Book I - Sam膩dhi-p膩da]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
4. The Cittamatra View of Emptiness < [Chapter 1 - Tantric Buddhism]
Yoga Upanishads (study) (by Heena B. Kotak)
Part 1 - The Patanjala Yoga Sutras and Yogopanisads < [Chapter 4 - Comparative study of the Yoga-Upanishads with the other Yogic texts]