Trīṇi āvaraṇāni
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trīṇi āvaraṇāni [alt. trīṇyāvaraṇāni] (T. སྒྲིབ་པ་གསུམ་, སྒྲིབ་པ་གསུམ་པོ་དག་; C. san zhang 三障). "Three obscurations/hindrances." A set of three types of obscurations (āvaraṇa) that are identified in East Asian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.[1][2]
The three types of obscurations are:[1][2]
- "afflictive obscurations" (kleśa-āvaraṇa), due to afflictions such as covetousness, anger, nescience, etc.
- "karmic obscurations" (karma-āvaraṇa), caused by past deeds that prevent progress on the path to awakening in the present.
- "ripening obscurations" (vipāka-āvaraṇa); the obscuration of being reborn in this world of suffering.
In other words, these are obstacles that arise from:[3]
- (1) the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance,
- (2) bad karma generated by committing any of the five cardinal sins or ten evil acts; and
- (3) the negative karmic effects of actions
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
三障, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
སྒྲིབ་པ་གསུམ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ "three obstacles and four devils". The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
