When Prayer Becomes Impossible and the Heart has Turned to Stone: Antidotes for the Five Hinderances
The Buddhist tradition tells us that when their energies are strong, there are specific antidotes for these hindrances.
The Buddhist tradition tells us that when their energies are strong, there are specific antidotes for these hindrances.
To work with Buddhism’s Five Hindrances—desire, aversion, sleepiness, restlessness, and doubt—we must actually study them, observing and allowing them to be incorporated into our meditation...
As we try to steady the mind, the most common difficulties that arise in practice are called by the Buddha the five hindrances.