obscurations

| thumb | 350px | The sun covered by clouds, a common metaphor for [[buddha nature obscured by the obscurations]]Obscurations (Skt. āvaraṇa; Tib. སྒྲིབ་པ་, drib pa, Wyl. sgrib pa) — what hinders us from realizing our true nature.
Subdivisions
- 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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