Akusalarāsisutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.52

Numbered Discourses 5.52

6. Nīvaraṇavagga

6. Hindrances

Akusalarāsisutta

A Heap of the Unskillful

“Akusalarāsīti, bhikkhave, vadamāno pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

“Mendicants, rightly speaking, you’d call the five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ pañca nīvaraṇā.

For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.

Katame pañca?

What five?

Kāmacchandanīvaraṇaṁ, byāpādanīvaraṇaṁ, thinamiddhanīvaraṇaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇaṁ, vicikicchānīvaraṇaṁ.

The hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.

Akusalarāsīti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

Rightly speaking, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ pañca nīvaraṇā”ti.

For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.”

Dutiyaṁ.