Emotional obscurations
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.