"Disease, dullness, doubt, carelessness, sloth, worldly mindedness, misconception, missing the point, and unsteadiness are the causes of the mind's distraction and they are the obstacles." (Y.S. 1:30)
What diseases are is well-known.
•Dullness consists in the mind being unfit for work. Owing to a
preponderance of tamas the mind does sometimes become unfit for work.
• Doubt is the absence of a determinate knowledge as to the object of contemplation. •Carelessness is the occasional neglect of
contemplation.
• Sloth is indifference, a tendency to procrastinate.
•Worldly-mindedness is the absence
of vairāgya or non-attachment. •Misconception is the false notion as to the nature of the object of
contemplation.
•Missing the point is marked by the absence of a continuous progress through higher
and higher stages in the concentration of mind. •Unsteadiness consists in engaging in contemplation
at one time, in sacrificial rites and gifts at another, in trade or agriculture yet again, and so on.
•Dullness consists in the mind being unfit for work. Owing to a
preponderance of tamas the mind does sometimes become unfit for work.
• Doubt is the absence of a determinate knowledge as to the object of contemplation. •Carelessness is the occasional neglect of
contemplation.
• Sloth is indifference, a tendency to procrastinate.
•Worldly-mindedness is the absence
of vairāgya or non-attachment. •Misconception is the false notion as to the nature of the object of
contemplation.
•Missing the point is marked by the absence of a continuous progress through higher
and higher stages in the concentration of mind. •Unsteadiness consists in engaging in contemplation
at one time, in sacrificial rites and gifts at another, in trade or agriculture yet again, and so on.
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