Antarayika-dhamma, or obstructing condition, explained in the text as that which obstructs the passage to heaven and the attainment to release. Obstructions constitute stumbling blocks on the way to the attainments of the fruits of the Path. In another place they are described as characteristic to the reaching of the eight states of mental absorptions and seven other states, to wit, deliverance, concentration, attainments, renunciation, escape, aloofness and states that are good.
The obstructing conditions which find mention in the texts can broadly be divided into two categories, viz., mental and physical
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