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| − | + | [[Image:Skycloudsun.jpg|thumb|350px|The sun covered by clouds, a common metaphor for [[buddha nature]] obscured by the obscurations]] | |
| + | '''Obscurations''' (Tib. ''[[drib pa]]''; Wyl. ''[[sgrib pa]]'') — what hinders us from realizing our [[true nature]]. | ||
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| + | ===Subdivisions=== | ||
| + | *[[two obscurations]]: [[emotional obscurations|emotional]] and [[cognitive obscurations|cognitive]] | ||
| + | *three obscurations, if [[habitual obscurations]], an extremely subtle form of [[cognitive obscurations]], are added to the previous two | ||
| + | *[[four obscurations]]: if [[karmic obscurations]] are added to the previous three [[obscurations]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Buddha nature]] | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 17 November 2013
The sun covered by clouds, a common metaphor for buddha nature obscured by the obscurations
Obscurations (Tib. drib pa; Wyl. sgrib pa) — what hinders us from realizing our true nature.
Subdivisions
- two obscurations: emotional and cognitive
- three obscurations, if habitual obscurations, an extremely subtle form of cognitive obscurations, are added to the previous two
- four obscurations: if karmic obscurations are added to the previous three obscurations
