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'''Nine bonds''' (Tib. ཀུན་ཏུ་སྦྱོར་བ་དགུ་, [[Wyl.]] ''kun tu sbyor ba dgu'') — nine bonds which are [[obscurations]] to [[liberation]]. They are mentioned in ''[[Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes]]'':
:There are nine characteristics of [[destructive emotions]]—
:The bonds that are obscurations [II.1d-2a]

In his commentary on this verse, [[Mipham Rinpoche]] explains them to be:
*[[Ignorance]]
*[[Desire]]
*[[Anger]] 
*[[Pride]]
*[[Doubt]]
*[[Wrong view]]
*Belief in supremacy
*[[Envy]]
*[[Miserliness]]

[[Category:Destructive Emotions]]
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