Kleshas (Hinduism)
Kleśa (Sanskrit: क्लेश, also klesha ) is a term from Indian philosophy and yoga, meaning a "poison". The third śloka of the second chapter of Patañjali's Yoga sūtras explicitly identifies Five Poisons (pañcakleśā'):
अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः पञ्च क्लेशाः॥३॥
<span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ</i></span><ref name=patanjali>Patañjali et al. (2007) Source: Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine (accessed: November 23, 2007)</ref>
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Translated into English, these five (pañca) kleśas or afflictions (kleśāḥ) are:[1]
- Ignorance (in the form of a misapprehension about reality) (ávidyā),
- egoism (in the form of an erroneous identification of the Self with the intellect) (asmitā),
- attachment (rāga),
- aversion (dveṣa), and
- fear of death (which is derived from clinging ignorantly to life) (abhiniveśāḥ).
The 24th sutra of the first chapter, Samadhi Pada, Patanjali describes a purusha free of kleshas:
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External links
International Nath Order (INO) perspectives:
- Five Kleshas - International Nath Order
- Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. "Twilight Yoga II: The Magnum Opus of Twilight Yoga"
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