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These five kleshas are: | These five kleshas are: | ||
- Ignorance (''āvidyā'') | - Ignorance (''āvidyā''): Taking the non-eternal, impure, evil and not-self to be eternal, pure, good and self respectively | ||
- Egoism (''asmitā'') | - Egoism (''asmitā''): The identification of the perceiving consciousness with the instrument of perception (mind). | ||
- Attraction (''rāga'') | - Attraction (''rāga''): That which follows after pleasure. | ||
- Repulsion (''dveṣa'') | - Repulsion (''dveṣa''): That which follows after pain. | ||
- Attachment to life (abhiniveśāḥ). | - Attachment to life (abhiniveśāḥ): The strong desire for life which dominates even the learned. | ||
== Atennuation of the kleshas == | |||
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Klesha (devanāgarī: क्लेश, kleśa) is a Sanskrit term used in yoga philosophy, meaning a "affliction" or "causes of suffering." The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (second chapter, third śloka) describe Five Afflictions (Sanskrit: pañcakleśā):
अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः पञ्च क्लेशाः॥३॥
Avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ
These five kleshas are:
- Ignorance (āvidyā): Taking the non-eternal, impure, evil and not-self to be eternal, pure, good and self respectively
- Egoism (asmitā): The identification of the perceiving consciousness with the instrument of perception (mind).
- Attraction (rāga): That which follows after pleasure.
- Repulsion (dveṣa): That which follows after pain.
- Attachment to life (abhiniveśāḥ): The strong desire for life which dominates even the learned.