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In '''essence''', they are the opposite of the [[six paramitas]], as described in the ''[[Gyü Lama]]'':
In '''essence''', they are the opposite of the [[six paramitas]], as described in the ''[[Gyü Lama]]'':


"Thoughts such as avarice and so on,<br>
:"Thoughts such as avarice and so on,<br>
These are the emotional obscurations."<br>
:These are the emotional obscurations."<br>


Their '''cause''' is grasping at a personal ego, or the “self of the individual”.  
Their '''cause''' is grasping at a personal ego, or the “self of the individual”.  

Revision as of 08:18, 23 September 2007

Emotional obscurations (Tib. nyön drip; nyon sgrib) are defined according to their essence, cause and function.

In essence, they are the opposite of the six paramitas, as described in the Gyü Lama:

"Thoughts such as avarice and so on,
These are the emotional obscurations."

Their cause is grasping at a personal ego, or the “self of the individual”.

They function to prevent liberation from samsara.

See also cognitive obscurations.