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'''Two Obscurations''' (Tib. ''dribpa nyi''; [[Wyl.]] ''sgrib pa gnyis'') — emotional and cognitive obscurations.
'''Two obscurations''' (Tib. [[སྒྲིབ་པ་]]གཉིས་, ''dribpa nyi''; [[Wyl.]] ''sgrib pa gnyis'') — [[Emotional obscurations|emotional]] and [[cognitive obscurations]].


*'''[[Emotional obscurations]]''' are defined according to their essence, cause and function.
*'''[[Emotional obscurations]]''' are defined according to their essence, cause and function.
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Their '''cause''' is grasping at phenomena as truly existent, or, in other words, the “self of phenomena”.
Their '''cause''' is grasping at phenomena as truly existent, or, in other words, the “self of phenomena”.


Their '''function''' is to prevent complete enlightenment.
Their '''function''' is to prevent complete [[enlightenment]].


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Latest revision as of 13:23, 1 April 2011

Two obscurations (Tib. སྒྲིབ་པ་གཉིས་, dribpa nyi; Wyl. sgrib pa gnyis) — emotional and cognitive obscurations.

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.

In essence, they are thoughts that involve the three conceptual ‘spheres’ of subject, object and action. The Gyü Lama says:

"Thoughts that involve the three spheres,
These are the cognitive obscurations."

Their cause is grasping at phenomena as truly existent, or, in other words, the “self of phenomena”.

Their function is to prevent complete enlightenment.