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- heat - annoyance by insects - defenselessness - ennui, boredom, discontent, lethargy, laziness, indifference - distraction - 'homelessness' (the craving for - material and emotional - stabil
ity) - 'sitting' (on the intention to get going without ever beginning to
move) - 'sleeping' (the fading of our intention to grow) - insults, slander, abuse - obstruction (of our progress by external factors) - unwillingness to accept necessary help from others or to ask for
support (overcoming our pride) - failure in the attempt to obtain help - illness - pain - lack of sincerity (the spoiling of our intentions) - praise (by someone whose admiration we disprove) or irrever
ence (by someone whose opinion we value) - vanity (because of our great learning) - lack of knowledge, ignorance, (the feeling that we never have sufficient knowledge to successfully pursue freedom from all karmic limitations) - disappointment in the effectiveness of our knowledge (because we fail to gain supernatural powers). (9)
These obstacles may arise once we direct our life towards controlling and dissolving karmic processes. Yet they do not need to occur; they are listed here only to alert us so they may not divert us from our path.
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