When Prayer Becomes Impossible and the Heart has Turned to Stone: Antidotes for the Five Hinderances

Observing the Storm: Working with the Hinderances to Clarity

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...

Difficulties and Hindrances

The Buddhist tradition speaks directly about the hindrances that are encountered in the course of the spiritual journey. Buddha said that those who conquer their...