Vipāka-āvaraṇa

vipāka-āvaraṇa (T. རྣམ་པར་སྨིན་པའི་སྒྲིབ་པ་; C. 異熟障 (報障)). Translated as "ripened obscurations," "completely ripened obscurations," etc. Ripened obscurations caused by former bad karma.

Nakamura defines this as a state one attains by the result of prior activities wherein there are constraints on practicing the Dharma. For example, the three unfortunate migrations (durgati), or the nonconceptual heaven.

One of "three types of obscuration" (trīṇi āvaraṇāni) in East Asian Buddhism.