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'''The eight impossible states where mind cuts us off from the [[Dharma]]''' (Tib. རིས་ཆད་བློ་ཡི་མི་ཁོམས་བརྒྱད་, ''riché lo yi mikhom gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''ris chad blo yi mi khoms brgyad'') are:
 
#having little [[renunciation]]
#lacking the jewel of [[devotion]]
#caught in the bonds of worldly ties and cravings
#having crude, degenerate behaviour
#never holding back from negative, harmful actions
#lacking the slightest real interest
#vows all broken
#[[samaya]] commitments torn to shreds

[[Longchenpa]]’s [[Wish-Fulfilling Treasury]] explains:

:Being bound by fetters and having extremely unwholesome conduct,
:Not feeling weary about [[samsara]] and not possessing the slightest faith,
:Engaging in unvirtuous misdeeds and separating mind and [[Dharma]].
:And corrupting one’s precepts and [[samaya]]s―

These are called the eight unfree states due to an unfortunate frame of mind. [''aka'' eight impossible states where mind cuts us off from the Dharma. <ref>[[Jokyab Rinpoche|Jokyab]]’s Notes p.259, ‘The Light of Wisdom’ Volume 1. Root text by [[Padmasambhava]] and commentary by [[Jamgön Kongtrül]] the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2</ref>

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==Alternative Translations==
*Eight incompatible propensities that leave no freedom to practise the Dharma
*Eight unfree states due to an unfortunate frame of mind (Erik Pema Kunsang)
*Eight incompatible tendencies that prevent true practice of the Dharma (Padmakara Translation Group in [[Yönten Dzö|''Treasury of Precious Qualities'']]) 

==Internal Links==
*[[Eight freedoms]]
*[[Eight incidental circumstances which make Dharma impossible]]
*[[Five personal advantages]]
*[[Five circumstantial advantages]]

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