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- 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 irrev
erence (by someone whose opinion we value) - vanity (because of our great learning) - lack of knowledge, ignorance (the feeling that we never have
sufficient knowledge for a successful pursuit of our path to liberation) - disappointment at the effectiveness of our knowledge (be
cause we fail to gain supernatural powers). (10) In the tenth stage of development (suksma sampararaya) only 14
obstacles may occur. (11) In the thirteenth stage of development (sayogakevali) 11 obsta
cles may occur. (12) As long as we experience the more intense forms of anger,
pride, deceit and greed, all obstacles may occur.
(13) - Vanity because of our own great learning as well as
- ignorance are both manifestations of karma that blocks or restricts our ac
cess to knowledge. (14) Disappointment at the effectiveness of our knowledge and lack
of support are manifestations of karmas that prevent insight and understanding and cause obstruction in life.
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