Giving up hindrances (`nīvaraṇappahānavaggo`)

30 Oct 2026 · 17 min read

Giving up hindrances

15A1/2 Nīvaraṇappahānavagga

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppanno vā kāmacchando uppajjati uppanno vā kāmacchando bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, subhanimittaṃ. subhanimittaṃ, bhikkhave, ayoniso manasi karoto anuppanno ceva kāmacchando uppajjati uppanno ca kāmacchando bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppanno vā byāpādo uppajjati uppanno vā byāpādo bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭighanimittaṃ. paṭighanimittaṃ, bhikkhave, ayoniso manasi karoto anuppanno ceva byāpādo uppajjati uppanno ca byāpādo bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannaṃ vā thinamiddhaṃ uppajjati uppannaṃ vā thinamiddhaṃ bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, arati tandī vijambhitā bhattasammado cetaso ca līnattaṃ. līnacittassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva thinamiddhaṃ uppajjati uppannañca thinamiddhaṃ bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannaṃ vā uddhaccakukkuccaṃ uppajjati uppannaṃ vā uddhaccakukkuccaṃ bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, cetaso avūpasamo. avūpasantacittassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva uddhaccakukkuccaṃ uppajjati uppannañca uddhaccakukkuccaṃ bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannā vā vicikicchā uppajjati uppannā vā vicikicchā bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, ayonisomanasikāro. ayoniso, bhikkhave, manasi karoto anuppannā ceva vicikicchā uppajjati uppannā ca vicikicchā bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppanno vā kāmacchando nuppajjati uppanno vā kāmacchando pahīyati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, asubhanimittaṃ. asubhanimittaṃ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasi karoto anuppanno ceva kāmacchando nuppajjati uppanno ca kāmacchando pahīyatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppanno vā byāpādo nuppajjati uppanno vā byāpādo pahīyati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, mettā cetovimutti. mettaṃ, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiṃ yoniso manasi karoto anuppanno ceva byāpādo nuppajjati uppanno ca byāpādo pahīyatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannaṃ vā thinamiddhaṃ nuppajjati uppannaṃ vā thinamiddhaṃ pahīyati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, ārambhadhātu nikkamadhātu parakkamadhātu. āraddhavīriyassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva thinamiddhaṃ nuppajjati uppannañca thinamiddhaṃ pahīyatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannaṃ vā uddhaccakukkuccaṃ nuppajjati uppannaṃ vā uddhaccakukkuccaṃ pahīyati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, cetaso vūpasamo. vūpasantacittassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva uddhaccakukkuccaṃ nuppajjati uppannañca uddhaccakukkuccaṃ pahīyatī”ti.

“nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannā vā vicikicchā nuppajjati uppannā vā vicikicchā pahīyati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, yonisomanasikāro. yoniso, bhikkhave, manasi karoto anuppannā ceva vicikicchā nuppajjati uppannā ca vicikicchā pahīyatī”ti.

classDiagram
  class sentence["nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppanno vā kāmacchando uppajjati [n'] uppanno vā kāmacchando [bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya/pahīyati] saṃvattati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, [subhanimittaṃ/asubhanimittaṃ]"] {
    <<vākya>>
    english(I do not see, Bhikkhave, even one other thing by which unarisen sensual desire [arises/does not arise] or arisen sensual desire [leads to increase and maturity/is given up], as this, Bhikkhave, the sign of [beauty/repulsiveness].)
  }
  class na {
    <<nipāta>>
    english(not)
  }
  class ahaṃ {
    <<puggalanāma>>
    english(I)
  }
  class bhikkhave {
    <<nāma>>
    🚹⨂⓪
  }
  class aññaṃ {
    <<sabbanāma>>
    🚹⨀②
    english(other)
  }
  class ekadhammaṃ {
    <<nāma>>
    🚹⨀②
    english(one thing)
  }
  class pi {
    <<nipāta>>
    english(even)
  }
  class samanupassāmi {
    <<ākhyāta>>
    ⨀👆vattamāna
    english(I see)
  }
  class yena {
    <<anvayīnāma>>
    🚻⨀③
    english(by which)
  }
  namespace result {
    class kāmacchando {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(sensual desire)
    }
  }
  namespace alternates {
    class vā {
      <<nipāta>>
      english(or)
    }
    class anuppanno {
      <<atītakiriya>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(unarisen)
    }
    class uppajjati {
      <<ākhyāta>>
      ⨀🤟vattamāna
      english(arises)
    }
    class uppanno {
      <<atītakiriya>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(arisen)
    }
    class bhiyyobhāvāya {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀④
      english(increase)
    }
    class vepullāya {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀④
      english(maturity)
    }
  }
  class saṃvattati {
    <<ākhyāta>>
    ⨀🤟vattamāna
    english(leads to)
  }
  class yatha {
    <<nipāta>>
    english(as)
  }
  class idaṃ {
    <<puggalanāma>>
    🚻⨀①
    english(this)
  }
  namespace trigger {
    class subhanimittaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(sign of beauty)
    }
    class asubhanimittaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(sign of repulsiveness)
    }
  }
  sentence *-- na
  sentence *-- ahaṃ : kattar
  sentence *-- bhikkhave
  sentence *-- aññaṃ
  sentence *-- ekadhammaṃ
  sentence *-- pi
  sentence *-- samanupassāmi : kiriyā
  sentence *-- yena
  sentence *-- vā
  sentence *-- anuppanno
  sentence *-- kāmacchando
  sentence *-- uppajjati
  sentence *-- uppanno
  sentence *-- bhiyyobhāvāya
  sentence *-- vepullāya
  sentence *-- saṃvattati
  sentence *-- yatha
  sentence *-- idaṃ
  sentence *-- subhanimittaṃ
  na -- samanupassāmi
  aññaṃ .. ekadhammaṃ
  ahaṃ --> samanupassāmi : kattar
  ekadhammaṃ --> samanupassāmi : kamma
  ekadhammaṃ .. idaṃ
  pi .. ekadhammaṃ
  yena <.. ekadhammaṃ
  yena ..> anuppanno
  yatha .. idaṃ
  kāmacchando --> uppajjati : kattar
  kāmacchando --> bhiyyobhāvāya
  uppajjati --> uppanno
  bhiyyobhāvāya --> vepullāya
  anuppanno <-- saṃvattati
  uppanno <-- saṃvattati
  vepullāya <-- saṃvattati
  idaṃ -- subhanimittaṃ
  kāmacchando --> saṃvattati : kattar

classDiagram
  class sentence["[subhanimittaṃ/asubhanimittaṃ], bhikkhave, [ayoniso/yoniso] manasi karoto anuppanno ceva kāmacchando [n'] uppajjati uppanno ca kāmacchando [bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya/pahīyati] saṃvattatī"] {
    <<vākya>>
    english(When [a person] attends [improperly/properly] to the sign of [beauty/repulsiveness], Bhikkhave, both unarisen sensual desire [arises/does not arise] and arisen sensual desire [leads to increase and maturity/is given up].)
  }
  namespace trigger {
    class subhanimittaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀②
      english(sign of beauty)
    }
  }
  class bhikkhave {
    <<nāma>>
    🚹⨂⓪
  }
  class ayoniso {
    <<kriyā>>
    english(improperly)
  }
  class manasi {
    <<nāma>>
    🚹⨀⑦
    english(in mind)
  }
  class karoto {
    <<missakiriya>>
    🚹⨀⑥
    english(doing)
  }
  namespace result {
    class kāmacchando {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(sensual desire)
    }
  }
  class ceva {
    <<nipāta>>
    english(both)
  }
  namespace conjunction {
    class ca {
      <<nipāta>>
      english(and)
    }
    class anuppanno {
      <<atītakiriya>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(unarisen)
    }
    class uppajjati {
      <<ākhyāta>>
      ⨀🤟vattamāna
      english(arises)
    }
    class uppanno {
      <<atītakiriya>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(arisen)
    }
    class bhiyyobhāvāya {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀④
      english(increase)
    }
    class vepullāya {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀④
      english(maturity)
    }
  }
  class saṃvattati {
    <<ākhyāta>>
    ⨀🤟vattamāna
    english(leads to)
  }
  sentence *-- subhanimittaṃ
  sentence *-- bhikkhave
  sentence *-- ayoniso
  sentence *-- manasi
  sentence *-- karoto
  sentence *-- ceva
  sentence *-- ca
  sentence *-- anuppanno
  sentence *-- kāmacchando
  sentence *-- uppajjati
  sentence *-- uppanno
  sentence *-- bhiyyobhāvāya
  sentence *-- vepullāya
  sentence *-- saṃvattati
  ayoniso --> karoto
  manasi --> karoto
  karoto ..> ceva
  ceva ..> anuppanno
  kāmacchando --> uppajjati : kattar
  kāmacchando --> bhiyyobhāvāya
  uppajjati --> uppanno
  bhiyyobhāvāya --> vepullāya
  anuppanno <-- saṃvattati
  uppanno <-- saṃvattati
  vepullāya <-- saṃvattati
  kāmacchando --> saṃvattati : kattar
  subhanimittaṃ --> karoto

classDiagram
  class līnacitta["arati tandī vijambhitā bhattasammado cetaso ca līnattaṃ"] {
    <<pada>>
    english(boredom, laziness, yawning, drowsiness after eating and sluggishness of mind)
  }
  class avūpasantacitta["cetaso avūpasamo"] {
    <<pada>>
    english(agitation of mind)
  }
  class ayonisomanasikāro {
    <<nāma>>
    🚹⨀①
    english(improper attention)
  }
  namespace trigger {
    class subhanimittaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(sign of beauty)
    }
    class paṭighanimittaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(sign of aversion)
    }
    class līnacittassa {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀⑥
      english(of one with a sluggish mind)
    }
    class avūpasantacittassa {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀⑥
      english(of one with an agitated mind)
    }
    class ayoniso {
      <<kriyā>>
      english(improperly)
    }
  }
  namespace result {
    class kāmacchando {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(sensual desire)
    }
    class byāpādo {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀①
      english(ill will)
    }
    class thinamiddhaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(sloth and torpor)
    }
    class uddhaccakukkuccaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(restlessness and remorse)
    }
    class vicikicchā {
      <<nāma>>
      🚺⨀①
      english(doubt)
    }
  }
  namespace nontrigger {
    class asubhanimittaṃ {
      <<nāma>>
      🚻⨀①
      english(sign of repulsiveness)
    }
    class mettā {
      <<nāma>>
      🚺⨀①
      english(goodwill)
    }
    class āraddhavīriyassa {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀⑥
      english(of one who is energetic)
    }
    class vūpasantacittassa {
      <<nāma>>
      🚹⨀⑥
      english(of one with a calm mind)
    }
    class yoniso {
      <<kriyā>>
      english(properly)
    }
  }
  subhanimittaṃ .. kāmacchando
  kāmacchando .. asubhanimittaṃ
  paṭighanimittaṃ .. byāpādo
  byāpādo .. mettā
  līnacitta .. līnacittassa
  līnacittassa .. thinamiddhaṃ
  thinamiddhaṃ .. āraddhavīriyassa
  avūpasantacitta .. avūpasantacittassa
  avūpasantacittassa .. uddhaccakukkuccaṃ
  uddhaccakukkuccaṃ .. vūpasantacittassa
  ayonisomanasikāro .. ayoniso
  ayoniso .. vicikicchā
  vicikicchā .. yoniso

Interlinear translation

11.2 subhanimittaṃ, bhikkhave, ayoniso manasi karoto anuppanno ceva kāmacchando uppajjati uppanno ca kāmacchando bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī“ti.
🚻⨀②🆎(subha+nimitta) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) ⏏️(ayoniso) 🚹⨀⑦(mano) 🚹⨀⑥🔽(anta)(karonta) 🚹⨀①🔽(ta)🆎(na+uppanna) ⏏️(ca) ⏏️(eva) 🚹⨀①🆎(kāma+chanda) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(uppajjati) 🚹⨀①🔽(ta)(uppanna) ⏏️(ca) 🚹⨀①🆎(kāma+chanda) 🚹⨀④🆎(bhiyyo+bhāva) 🚻⨀④(vepulla) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(saṃvattati) ⏏️(iti)
sign of beauty | Bhikkhave | improperly | in mind | of one doing | unarisen | both | just | sensual desire | arises | arisen | and | sensual desire | increase | maturity | leads to | (end quote)
When [a person] attends improperly to the sign of beauty, Bhikkhave, both unarisen sensual desire arises and arisen sensual desire leads to increase and maturity.”

13.2 līnacittassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva thinamiddhaṃ uppajjati uppannañca thinamiddhaṃ bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī“ti.
🚹⨀⑥🆎(līna+citta) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)🆎(na+uppanna) ⏏️(ca) ⏏️(eva) 🚻⨀①🆎(thina+middha) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(uppajjati) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)(uppanna) ⏏️(ca) 🚻⨀①🆎(thina+middha) 🚹⨀④🆎(bhiyyo+bhāva) 🚻⨀④(vepulla) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(saṃvattati) ⏏️(iti)
of one with a sluggish mind | Bhikkhave | unarisen | both | just | sloth and torpor | arises | arisen | and | sloth and torpor | increase | maturity | leads to | (end quote)
For one with a sluggish mind, Bhikkhave, both unarisen sloth and torpor arises and arisen sloth and torpor leads to increase and maturity.”

14.2 avūpasantacittassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva uddhaccakukkuccaṃ uppajjati uppannañca uddhaccakukkuccaṃ bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya saṃvattatī“ti.
🚹⨀⑥🆎(na+vūpasanta+citta) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)🆎(na+uppanna) ⏏️(ca) ⏏️(eva) 🚻⨀①🆎(uddhacca+kukkucca) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(uppajjati) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)(uppanna) ⏏️(ca) 🚻⨀①🆎(uddhacca+kukkucca) 🚹⨀④🆎(bhiyyo+bhāva) 🚻⨀④(vepulla) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(saṃvattati) ⏏️(iti)
of one with an agitated mind | Bhikkhave | unarisen | both | just | restlessness and remorse | arises | arisen | and | restlessness and remorse | increase | maturity | leads to | (end quote)
For one with an agitated mind, Bhikkhave, both unarisen restlessness and remorse arises and arisen restlessness and remorse leads to increase and maturity.”

18.1 “nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yena anuppannaṃ vā thinamiddhaṃ nuppajjati uppannaṃ vā thinamiddhaṃ pahīyati yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, ārambhadhātu nikkamadhātu parakkamadhātu.
⏏️(na) *️⃣👆⚧⨀①(ahaṃ) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) *️⃣🤟🚹⨀②(añña) 🚹⨀②🆎(eka+dhamma) ⏏️(api) 🟢⨀👆▶️(samanupassati) *️⃣🤟🚻⨀③(ya) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)🆎(na+uppanna) ⏏️(vā) 🚻⨀①🆎(thina+middha) ⏏️(na) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(uppajjati) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)(uppanna) ⏏️(vā) 🚻⨀①🆎(thina+middha) 🔴⨀🤟▶️(pahīyati) ⏏️(yathā) *️⃣🤟🚻⨀①(ima) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) 🚺⨀①🆎(ārambha+dhātu) 🚺⨀①🆎(nikkama+dhātu) 🚺⨀①🆎(parakkama+dhātu)
not | I | Bhikkhave | other | one thing | even | I see | by which | unarisen | or | sloth and torpor | not | arises | arisen | or | sloth and torpor | is given up | as | this | Bhikkhave | component of initiative | component of endurance | component of perseverance
“I do not see, Bhikkhave, even one other thing by which unarisen sloth and torpor does not arise or arisen sloth and torpor is given up, as this, Bhikkhave, the component of initiative, the component of endurance and the component of perseverance.

18.2 āraddhavīriyassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva thinamiddhaṃ nuppajjati uppannañca thinamiddhaṃ pahīyatī“ti.
🚹⨀⑥🆎(āraddha+vīriya) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)🆎(na+uppanna) ⏏️(ca) ⏏️(eva) 🚻⨀①🆎(thina+middha) ⏏️(na) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(uppajjati) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)(uppanna) ⏏️(ca) 🚻⨀①🆎(thina+middha) 🔴⨀🤟▶️(pahīyati) ⏏️(iti)
of one who is energetic | Bhikkhave | unarisen | both | just | sloth and torpor | not | arises | arisen | and | sloth and torpor | is given up | (end quote)
For one who is energetic, Bhikkhave, both unarisen sloth and torpor does not arise and arisen sloth and torpor is given up.”

19.2 vūpasantacittassa, bhikkhave, anuppannañceva uddhaccakukkuccaṃ nuppajjati uppannañca uddhaccakukkuccaṃ pahīyatī“ti.
🚹⨀⑥🆎(vūpasanta+citta) 🚹⨂⓪(bhikkhu) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)🆎(na+uppanna) ⏏️(ca) ⏏️(eva) 🚻⨀①🆎(uddhacca+kukkucca) ⏏️(na) 🟢⨀🤟▶️(uppajjati) 🚻⨀①🔽(ta)(uppanna) ⏏️(ca) 🚻⨀①🆎(uddhacca+kukkucca) 🔴⨀🤟▶️(pahīyati) ⏏️(iti)
of one with a calm mind | Bhikkhave | unarisen | both | just | restlessness and remorse | not | arises | arisen | and | restlessness and remorse | is given up | (end quote)
For one with a calm mind, Bhikkhave, both unarisen restlessness and remorse does not arise and arisen restlessness and remorse is given up.”