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The eight impossible states where mind cuts us off from the Dharma (Wyl. ris chad blo yi mi khoms brgyad) are:

  1. having little renunciation
  2. lacking the jewel of devotion
  3. caught in the bonds of worldly ties and cravings
  4. having crude, degenerate behaviour
  5. never holding back from negative, harmful actions
  6. lacking the slightest real interest
  7. vows all broken
  8. samaya commitments torn to shreds

Alternative Translations

  • Eight incompatible propensities that leave no freedom to practise the Dharma

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